Stories by The Conversation US

The fate of a free throw is set the instant the ball leaves the player’s fingertips

Scientists captured rare underwater footage of the predators in the Canadian Arctic

Dozens of attacks have followed patterns that the Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education identified in 2002, following the Columbine attack

Is consensual teen sexting a cause for concern?

February 28 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and important military missions of World War II

Researchers can’t always tell exactly why something works but they can evaluate the outcome

The country’s cybercrime efforts are all seemingly state-sponsored and steal money that is then used to fund its cash-strapped government

There’s a lot more going on beneath those spiny exteriors

Researchers argue that an educational approach would work better than “target hardening”

The samples represent the oldest vino found in Europe or the Mediterranean region

What will happen to your Facebook account when you die?

Most people expect that turning their phone’s location services off disables mobile surveillance, but there are ways apps can avoid or escape those restrictions

Most comparisons between human drivers and automated vehicles have been at best uneven—and at worst unfair

A fitness-tracking app’s ability to reveal supposedly clandestine locations is a reality check for people lax about protecting their security and privacy

An image-recognition smartphone app uses AI to help farmers in sub-Saharan Africa identify up to five different diseases

Skeptics twist a cold snap into an impending Ice Age, and other bad spins

However well-intentioned, this symbolic gesture undermines the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ stated mission to put “issues and events into context”

As cloud storage becomes more common, data security is an increasing concern

Acoustic waves that radiate from an earthquake can travel much faster than the tsunami they have triggered

One promising candidate is eco-friendly and poses no known risks to human health

At just 18 months old, young children can show biological evidence of added stress

On January 21, 1968, the cold war grew significantly colder

Climate change led to more female eggs, so scientists are trying to ensure males are made in the shade

An algorithm originally designed to help robots move was useful in tackling an entirely different problem