The Doomsday Clock—a symbolic device to signal an array of existential threats to the world since 1947—was recently moved to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to midnight. And that was before all-out war broke out in Iran.
Category: Social Sciences
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Why the Doomsday Clock has outlived its usefulness
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Satellites are exposing weak bridges in America and around the world
Scientists are using satellites to reveal which bridges around the world may be at risk of failure — and how to catch problems before disaster strikes.
- Adding satellite monitoring to bridge inspections reduces the number of structures labeled…
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Scientists warn fake research is spreading faster than real science
A new study from Northwestern University warns that coordinated scientific fraud is becoming increasingly common. From fabricated data to purchased authorships and paid citations, researchers say organized groups are manipulating the academic…
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Analysis of 1,000 Tinder profiles reveals nine standard pose types
Choosing a Tinder profile picture may feel like a free, personal and creative act. But how true is that? A new study from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) shows that, far from being unique, most users follow one of a small number of…
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A 4,000-year-old sheep reveals the secret of an ancient plague
During the Middle Ages, a devastating plague wiped out roughly one third of Europe’s population. The disease spread through fleas that carried the bacterium Yersinia pestis. These fleas passed the infection from rats to humans, fueling the…
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