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Cancer Evolution is Mathematical – How Random Processes and Epigenetics Can Explain Why Tumor Cells Shape-shift, Metastasize and Resist Treatments
There is a connection between mathematics, genetics and aging.
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Twitter Cutoff in Turkey Amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: A Social Media Expert Explains the Danger of Losing the Microblogging Service in Times of Disaster
What happens when social media goes out during a disaster?
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Building accountability into the coming spyware ban
A long-anticipated executive order to block foreign commercial spyware should also come with accountability for companies that neglect cybersecurity best practices.
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Remembering Professor Carter
Steve Kelman reflects on the former defense secretary's life in government and academia.
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Do Traffic Signals Need a Fourth Light for Self-driving Cars?
Another light could improve traffic flow with the influx of self-driving vehicles hitting the market.
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Large Numbers of Americans Want a Strong, Rough, Anti-democratic Leader
A new national survey sheds light on why.
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Biden’s Plan for Ending the Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 Signals a Pivotal Point in the Pandemic—4 Questions Answered
What will the U.S. government's next steps be for COVID-19?
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Limits to Computing: A Computer Scientist Explains Why Even in the Age of AI, Some Problems Are Just Too Difficult
COMMENTARY | Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits.
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ChatGPT is Great – You’re Just Using it Wrong
COMMENTARY | ChatGPT is better used for playacting than playing at finding facts.
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There are Just 7 Long COVID-19 Symptoms
Research indicates COVID-19's long symptoms are not as varied as previously thought.
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Measuring for management
Steve Kelman is impressed with how today's senior federal civilian and military managers approach performance data.
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Closing the Digital Divide in Government: 5 Strategies for Digital Transformation
Citizens are demanding a more connected government.
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That Time the Federal Government Was Ruled By Czars
How a term for Russian oligarchs came to be applied to American government officials.
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Why Zoom Happy Hours Fall Flat
Booze and in-person gatherings just go together. Virtually, not so much.
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Vaccination to Prevent Dementia? New Research Suggests Viral Infections can Accelerate Neurodegeneration
Avoiding viruses over decades may help humans avoid Alzheimer's disease.
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2022’s Billion-dollar Disasters: Climate Change Helped Make it US’s 3rd Most Expensive Year on Record
Climate change seems to be making natural disasters more expensive.
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White House Blueprint is the Starting Point for Building Responsible AI
COMMENTARY | The report brings new urgency to ongoing agency efforts.
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Parents in the US had Alarmingly High Rates of Anxiety, Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic—And That has a Direct Effect on Kids
Parents and children suffered untold mental health issues through COVID-19.
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Combating Antisemitism Today: Holocaust Education in the Era of Twitter and TikTok
Social media has the power to amplify accurate, or inaccurate, information.
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