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Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies for understanding the world around us. But like the world itself, maps and map-making are constantly evolving.
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Earth’s orbits are getting more and more crowded. To keep track of everything and avoid collisions and catastrophes, we need a new field: space domain awareness.
An average giraffe has a home range almost as large as Philadelphia.
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The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different habitats throughout Africa.
GOES-18 image of Hunga Tonga Volcano.
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The eruption was so large, it created its own space weather and satellite technology disruptions – here’s how.
An artist’s impression of the 30,000 or so space debris orbiting around the Earth.
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How might the space industry reduce its ecological footprint and better manage the debris it leaves in its wake?
Scientists fix biologger tags to animals to gain an insight into their movement and behaviour.
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Scientists use biologging devices to track animal behaviour – here are four times where it has improved our understanding of nature.
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The majority of nations voted to scrap leap seconds – the little jumps added to UTC time to keep it aligned with Earth’s rotation. What can we expect moving forward?
Investment in technology means that player performance is now analysed in granular detail.
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Player wages and transfer fees make the headlines, but the wealth generated by the Premier League has also been spent behind the scenes.
Where you’ve been and who you’ve interacted with are not difficult for governments and corporations to find out.
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Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.
Video cameras on city streets are only the most visible way your movements can be tracked.
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It’s increasingly difficult to move about – both in the physical world and online – without being tracked.
The math of threes is surprisingly powerful.
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A mathematician explains how language can keep your online accounts safe and pinpoint your location on the planet.
Where you’ve been and who you’ve interacted with are not difficult for governments and corporations to find out.
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Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.
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Many eligible Australians are not partaking in care to protect their health. Why?
A researcher at the advocacy group Oceana uses GPS data to trace the activity of fishing boats.
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One of the oldest industries, fishing, is entering the world of advanced analytics and data-driven planning. With oceans under stress and key fish stocks dwindling, can precision fishing help?
Typical amounts of solar particles hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere can be beautiful, but too much could be catastrophic.
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Every few centuries the Sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were to happen today, it would wreak havoc on technology.
The Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles into space that can smash into Earth.
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Space weather can affect satellites in a number of different ways, from frying electronics to increasing drag in the atmosphere.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa perhaps need to extend their hand shakes into the outer space.
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Nigeria-South Africa bi-national commission is a laudable initiative but missing the space cooperation element.
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It was the first time a bird has removed a tracking device, and the second time a bird species showed cooperative ‘rescue’ behaviour.
Satellites affect your life every day.
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Satellites impact our lives in many different ways, and some of these may surprise you.
Many of the people who broke into the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 carried cellphones, which can be tracked, and posted photos of their activities on social media.
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Facial recognition, social media and location tracking give law enforcement a leg up in a monumental investigation.