The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We all know to be careful about the details we share online, but the information we seek can also be revealing. Search for driving directions, and our location becomes far easier to guess. Check for a password in a trove of compromised data, and we … Read more
NASA’s tiny Ingenuity helicopter is seen sitting on the surface of Mars in a photograph taken by the rover Perseverance. NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end. Ingenuity, a drone about … Read more
A mold cast of one of the chewed pitch pieces found in the Huseby Klev site. Credit: Verner Alexandersen. Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia. They were hunter-gatherers that had been fishing, hunting and collecting resources in the area. Some teenagers, both … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a research satellite Saturday, a minister said, putting it into a higher orbit in a new milestone for its aerospace program that has faced Western criticism. The United States has repeatedly warned Iran against such launches, saying the same technology can be used for ballistic missiles, including … Read more
Entrepreneurial growth aspirations. This figure illustrates the distribution of entrepreneurial growth aspirations (EGA) computed as the difference between the natural logarithm of the entrepreneurs’ expected number of employees in 5 years and the current number of employees (including the owner-manager in both expected and current employees). Credit: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (2023). DOI: 10.1002/sej.1492 Scholars and policymakers … Read more
Schematic model of randomization protocol implemented by SalesNow. Credit: Strategic Management Journal (2023). DOI: 10.1002/smj.3571 General skills training programs for those hired under flexible arrangements can strengthen the relationship between firm and worker, thus benefiting both groups. But for that to happen, the programs need to have strong buy-in from both managers and workers. A … Read more
NEW YORK — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found that over the course of a week, there was a 32% likelihood the tests … Read more
A close-up of a sea otter taken in Morro Bay, California, in 2016. Credit: Marshal Hedin from San Diego, CC BY-SA 2.0 There are fields of scientific research that involve neither vast cosmic phenomena nor extremely cute animals, but those are topics of high salience in Saturday Citations, and this week is no exception. And … Read more
A new MIT battery material could offer a more sustainable way to power electric cars. Instead of cobalt or nickel, the new lithium-ion battery includes a cathode based on organic materials. In this image, lithium molecules are shown in glowing pink. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Many electric vehicles are powered by batteries that contain … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A concerning trend known as qualification inflation has been plaguing hiring practices for years. Qualification inflation—also known as degree inflation—refers to the growing number of employers requiring degrees and extensive experience for jobs. As highlighted in a 2017 Harvard study, job listings now often demand that applicants have degrees and experiences … Read more
