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Since U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents began increasing their demands to search travelers’ smartphones when entering the U.S., people have begun trying to figure out how to prevent the government from copying their digital lives. A key concept involves finding ways to avoid turning over login information to federal officers. But what if you didn’t have any login information to give up?
Elon University computer science professor Megan Squire describes the elusive search for the unknowable password, and adds some suggestions if you find yourself in an undesirable pinch coming into the country.
And after millions of years of evolution on Earth, what happens to our cells and tissues if they don’t feel the pull of gravity? UCLA’s Andy Tay explains that this force we take for granted has big effects on the smallest parts of our physiology – and how researchers are investigating ways to compensate for gravity on long, weightless space journeys.
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Jeff Inglis
Editor, Science + Technology
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What if even you didn’t know your own password?
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Megan Squire, Elon University
As searches of smartphones and other digital devices at US borders become more common, can research and computer science help protect travelers' privacy?
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Environment + Energy
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Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University
Nuclear power was a cornerstone of Japan's energy strategy for decades, until the Fukushima disaster. The current government wants to keep some nuclear reactors open, but has lost public support.
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Greg Dotson, University of Oregon
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has said the agency's purview should not include climate change, but a look at its history under both Republican and Democratic presidents says otherwise.
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Health + Medicine
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Melissa J. Armstrong, University of Florida
Guidelines galore suggest how we can take care of ourselves in concert with our doctors. Here's why it's not as easy as it may seem.
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Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst
March 11 marks the anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake. Natural disasters here in the US also have wreaked havoc. There may be a way to improve response to these natural disasters.
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“The game theory framework has significant benefits both for the disaster victims and for the NGOs.”
Anna Nagurney
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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From our international editions
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Corinne Squire, University of East London
What has happened to former residents since the camp was closed in October 2016.
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Fatuma Ahmed Ali, United States International University
If Al-Shabaab maintains its hard stance, the possibility for dialogue will continue to be remote and Somalia's government will be forced to intensify the war on terror through new strategies.
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Michael Segalla, HEC School of Management, Paris
President Trump has asserted that media coverage of terrorist attacks under-represents their actual extent. Analysis of 50 years of news coverage answers this question, and raises others.
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Margaret Kristin Merga, Murdoch University; Saiyidi Mat Roni, Edith Cowan University
Research shows that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading.
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