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Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but COVID-19 may be a different story
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-22 By James Colgrove, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health; Dean of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, Columbia School of General Studies, Columbia University
The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires – a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-21 By Peter Turchin, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Connecticut
Trailblazing women who broke into engineering in the 1970s reflect on what’s changed – and what hasn’t
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-20 By Laura Ettinger, Associate Professor of History, Clarkson University
Can Facebook’s smart glasses be smart about security and privacy?
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-20 By Apu Kapadia, Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University
Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-19 By Ivan Erill, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Cellphone data shows that people navigate by keeping their destinations in front of them – even when that’s not the most efficient route
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-18 By Carlo Ratti, Professor of Urban Technologies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-15 By Michael Humphrey, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University
People use mental shortcuts to make difficult decisions – even highly trained doctors delivering babies
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-14 By Manasvini Singh, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-14 By Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut
The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-12 By Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
Kids and their computers: Several hours a day of screen time is OK, study suggests
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-12 By Katie Paulich, PhD Student in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder
Reporting all biosafety errors could improve labs worldwide – and increase public trust in biological research
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-12 By David Gillum, Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Chief Safety Officer, Arizona State University
Computer Space launched the video game industry 50 years ago – here’s the real reason you probably haven’t heard of it
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-11 By Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here’s why men still dominate STEM award winning
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-08 By Mary K. Feeney, Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2021-10-07 By Melissa Rice, Associate Professor of Planetary Science, Western Washington University

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