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Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it
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.
In disasters like the Texas floods, warning people of danger isn't so simple
OPINION As flash floods ravage areas like the Texas Hill Country, research shows that technology alone cannot save lives during flooding emergencies.
What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters ...
We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.
Mercury's 'missing' meteorites may have finally been found on Earth
Meteorites may be the only practical way to study Mercury's surface directly.
Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds
Opinion Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.
Would outsourcing everything to AI cost us our ability to think for ourselves?
Opinion During the Industrial Revolution, craftsmanship retreated to the margins. As AI becomes widely adopted, will the same happen to original thinking?
Thimerosal carries no health risks and is almost never used anyway. So why are anti-vaxxers obsessed with it?
Opinion There's no solid evidence that thimerosal harms children. It was removed from almost all vaccines more than 20 years ago out of an abundance of caution, but RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee is looking into it.
'Deciphering these mysterious strings': How reading the Inca's knotted cords can reveal past droughts and deluges
Opinion Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.
