Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on security and privacy during the age of drone warfare. Part one is available here . [More]
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Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on security and privacy during the age of drone warfare. The year is 2020. Two Air Force officers sit in a darkened control center at an Air Force base in Nevada, carefully watching a bank of computer screens.
Read More »Paris: City of Light and Cosmic Rays
Paris has long had the nickname "The City of Light", due to its role as a center of education during the Age of Enlightenment and, in the 1800s, due to its early implementation of electric lighting. It very nearly had its name associated with another form of radiation in 1910, however, thanks to a truly unique experiment performed in the most iconic spot in the city: the Eiffel Tower! The experiment, which was the first significant evidence of the existence of cosmic radiation, also highlights the challenges scientists experienced in the early 20th century and the ingenuity they used to overcome them
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