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New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights
A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warn
New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights
A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warn
Perseid Meteor Shower Joins Stunning Mars and Jupiter Conjunction
Extreme Conditions and Ethical Dilemmas: The Archaeology of Human Sacrifice
Colds Bring Lots of Snot—But Just How Much? Science Is Strangely Silent
Spellements: Friday, August 9, 2024
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Science Quiz: Magic Elements and Dying Stars
Into the Clear Blue Sky Offers Hope for Our Climate Future
No, You Can’t See the Great Wall of China from Space
These 352 Asteroids Likely Have Cute Little Moonlets
Healthy Coral Reefs Sound like a Symphony
Scientists Sound Alarms on New Surge in Cancers, and a Private Spacewalk Is Pushed Back
How Ancient Humans Interpreted the Cosmos
The Long History of Sex Testing in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports
COVID-Positive Olympic Athletes Are Still Competing
Several athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have come down with COVID, but they are still allowed to compete
American Science Slips into Dangerous Decline, Experts Warn, while Chinese Research Surges
The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
Highly Invasive Spotted Lanternflies May Have a Surprising Weakness: Vibrations
Spotted lanternflies are sometimes drawn to power line vibrations—and scientists are taking notice
Mathematicians Reinvent the Wheel in Higher Dimensions to Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem
A new mathematical technique shows how to build small objects in any dimension that roll like a wheel, expanding our understanding of higher dimensional space
Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness
Researchers wish to probe whether consciousness has a basis in quantum mechanical phenomena