These Researchers are Putting Fly Babies into Virtual Reality

Paired Comparisons Could Mean Better Witness Identifications

Share this on WhatsApp In 2006 a 26-year-old California man named Uriah Courtney was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and rape, despite having an alibi for the time the crimes were committed.  “And there were two witnesses. They saw a lineup in the police station, and they both identified the same person. And he […]

Hacker Attack on Essential Pipeline Shows Infrastructure Weaknesses

Share this on WhatsApp A crucial U.S. fuel pipeline operator recently announced it had been hit by ransomware, a type of cyberattack in which hackers encrypt important data so their owners cannot access them—unless the owners pay the criminals to unlock the information. Colonial Pipeline, a private company that transports nearly half of the U.S. […]

Resist Misinformation, Watch Birds and Remember Plagues

Share this on WhatsApp This month I learned that senior editor Jen Schwartz is an evil genius at media manipulation. She produced our cover package about misinformation, including a story about her own role in an Election Day drill in which she demonstrated how easily bad actors can disrupt honest news coverage. It’s funny and […]