FEMA flood maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant coverage gaps, and politics can get in the way.
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As flash floods ravage areas like the Texas Hill Country, research shows that technology alone cannot save lives during flooding emergencies.
Cities like Birmingham should look at the robotic waste collection services already operating in parts of Europe and North America.
Environmental activism, corruption and technological invasion are all threaded through the story, representing fears about identity, society and the human condition.
Federal funding cuts in the billions have impacted dozens of universities in the US.
Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies that take personal privacy into account.
Former submarine commander: cutting the cables could cause significant disruption, but this is easier said than done.
Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.
A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging – and why the process has become politicized.
Three recent developments in AI – in video games, wearable technology and education – suggest that building something like Stephenson’s Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer is possible.
AI could save people time when analysing text for its meaning.
Investors are sinking billions into high-tech agriculture systems, but farmers are still waiting for simple, adaptable and reliable tools.
A new study shows painless brain stimulation technique may improve people’s ability to learn maths skills.
Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It’s not clear how far the US attack set back Iran’s production of bomb-grade uranium.
Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay – your privacy.
Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to say states can try with age-gating – essentially requiring ID at the online door.
A study found that viewing news of a cyberattack lowered voter trust in election integrity – even when the voter’s candidate won and even if the attack wasn’t on voting systems.
Users on TikTok gravitate to networks of like-minded people, but right-leaning users tend to be in more tightly sealed echo chambers.
Supply-chain decoupling doesn’t stop rival nations from hacking each other and can make it worse. A cyber-espionage expert explains what does work.
Screens are not inherently evil – they can boost childhood development, but only if used in the right way.
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