Hacker Attack on Essential Pipeline Shows Infrastructure Weaknesses

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May 12, 2021

Engineering Hacker Attack on Essential Pipeline Shows Infrastructure Weaknesses Ransomware is steadily hitting harder. Could banks or subway systems be next? By Sophie Bushwick

Neuroscience New Brain Implant Turns Visualized Letters into Text The technology lets people with paralysis perform thought dictation at rates approaching the thumb speeds of texters By Bret Stetka

Medicine MDMA Shows New Promise for Trauma, but the Drug Alone Is Not a Cure The illegal substance—paired with intensive therapy and hard work—dramatically improves PTSD symptoms By Zoe Cormier

Medical & Biotech Using Light to Control Cells Holds Promise across the Body Optogenetics could aid vision, blood glucose, and more By Simon Makin

Arts & Culture When Racism Waits along the Academic Path For structural engineer and entrepreneur Nehemiah Mabry, a racist remark made to him in graduate school provided all the motivation he needed to open doors into academia for others By Marlene Stewart

Public Health Decoded: What Is a Virus, Exactly? These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos By Michael Tabb,Andrea Gawrylewski,Jeffery DelViscio

Space How Much Time Does Humanity Have Left? Statistics tell us that individuals are most likely to be somewhere around the middle part of our lives; the same could be true of the human race By Avi Loeb

Biology Artificial Light Keeps Mosquitoes Biting Late into the Night It is like when your cell phone keeps you awake in bed—except mosquitoes do not doom scroll when they stay up, they feast on your blood. By Emily Schwing | 04:28

EARTH Giant Mud Volcano Reveals Its Powerful Explosive Secrets Scientists probe an exceptionally explosive phenomenon By Katherine Kornei

Behavior & Society How Each of Us Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic Cooperative Extension programs have a long history of teaching readiness and survival skills—and with more funding, they could help us get ready for future outbreaks By Athena Aktipis,Keith G. Tidball

Policy & Ethics Those Who Investigate Premature Deaths Should Have Medical Training Coroners are not typically required to have medical expertise—and that's a problem By THE EDITORS

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Most Vulnerable Ransomware Targets Are the Institutions We Rely On Most Many vital public institutions such as hospitals and fire stations lack cybersecurity to ward off popular malware By Annie Sneed | March 2016

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