Perfect safety is no more possible online than it is when driving on a crowded road with strangers or walking alone through a city at night. Like roads and cities, the internet’s dangers arise from choices society has made. To enjoy the freedom of cars
Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous[1], the geologic period that started about 145 million years ago? It’s a question that has vexed paleontologists[2] like us[3] for more than 40
“Medical illustrators draw what can’t be seen, watch what’s never been done, and tell thousands about it without saying a word.”
For decades, this slogan appeared on the website[1] and printed materials of the Association of Medical Illustrators[2].
In chemistry, structure is everything. Compounds with the same chemical formula can have different properties depending on the arrangement of the molecules they’re made of. And compounds with a different chemical formula but a similar molecular arrangement
An unknown number of New Hampshire voters received a phone call on Jan. 21, 2024, from what sounded like President Joe Biden. A recording contains Biden’s voice[1] urging voters inclined to support Biden and the Democratic Party not to participate in New
Only about 1 in 4 Americans[1] said that they had trust in the nation’s institutions in 2023 – with big business (1 in 7), television news (1 in 7) and Congress (1 in 12) scraping the very bottom.
While institutional trust is decreasing, political
Microplastics are tiny plastic particles[1] that can cause big problems[2] when they enter the water supply. One way my fluid dynamics lab[3] explores microplastic movement is by studying how tiny water-walking insects are pushed underwater by raindrops.