Russia-Ukraine Conflict Prompted U.S. to Develop Autonomous Drone Swarms, 1,000-Mile Cannon

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February 14, 2022

Defense Russia-Ukraine Conflict Prompted U.S. to Develop Autonomous Drone Swarms, 1,000-Mile Cannon The U.S. military has new technology on the drawing board in response to warfare trends previously demonstrated in the region By Jason Sherman

Artificial Intelligence Humans Find AI-Generated Faces More Trustworthy Than the Real Thing Viewers struggle to distinguish images of sophisticated machine-generated faces from actual humans By Emily Willingham

Physiology How Olympic Figure Skaters Break Records with Physics An exercise scientist explains the biomechanics behind jumps such as the quadruple Axel, and what the body's limits are By Tanya Lewis

Climate Change A Devastating Blaze Hit Climate and Fire Scientists Where They Live The Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 Colorado houses, many of them the homes of experts studying wildfires By John Fialka,E&E News

Public Health Guinea Worm Disease Nears Eradication Just 14 cases of the scourge that once infected millions of the world's poorest people were reported last year. But infections in animals complicates efforts to stamp it out By Freda Kreier,Nature magazine

Animals The Romantic Temptation of the Monogamous Prairie Vole The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild–and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab. By Ashleigh Papp | 05:19

Psychology The Personality Trait 'Intolerance of Uncertainty' Causes Anguish during COVID High levels of it have put people at risk of emotional problems  By Francine Russo

Psychology Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help Children as young as seven years old may hesitate to ask questions in school because they worry classmates will think they are "stupid" By Kayla Good,Alex Shaw

Sports The Olympics Has 100 Percent Fake Snow--Here's The Science of How It Gets Made Artificial snow can affect the performance of skiers and snowboarders By Peter Veals,The Conversation US

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Mind, Volume 33, Issue 2

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Cyberattack Misinformation Could Be Plan for Ukraine Invasion A falsified video would be an update on the traditional use of propaganda campaigns during warfare By Sophie Bushwick | February 2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY "We are at an inflection point, and we have strategic competitors that are out there that have large militaries." General James McConville, chief of staff of the U.S. Army

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