iD Ideas Discoveries March 2017

+++ BUILDINGSONMARS +++ TR WORKING LIKE A DOG TO KEEP AIRPORTS SAFE The Unbelievable Physics of FINALL DECODE SURROUNDED BY 500, ...

G eodes are spectacular. They fill museums everywhere and have recently become highly sought after jewelry pieces. It’s hard to ...

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contents The biggest threat to airline passengers’ safety isn’t always inside a plane—it’s what may be lurking outside. But a ve ...

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Birdspresentoneofthebiggestsafetyhazardsatairports.ButnotatCherry Capital Airport in Michigan. That’sbecausePiperworksthere.Theb ...

They are the best No one has carried out more successful or cracked more data lines the secret identity of the biggest CYBERTERR ...

hackers on Earth: attacks on electricity networks than the members of this collective. threats to public safety. IN THE WORLD ti ...

NAME: SCIURUS ATTACK AREA: EVERYWHERE BUT AUSTRALIA PREFERRED TARGET: DISTRIBUTION STATIONS WEAPON: INCISORS, ENTIRE BODY DAMAGE ...

It’s not Anonymous & Co. but rather squirrels that are the most successful hackers in the world— when it comes to so-called ...

NAME: AURELIA AURITA ATTACK AREA: BETWEENTHETROPICSANDTEMPERATELATITUDES PREFERRED TARGET: POWER STATIONS NEAR THE COAST WEAPON: ...

Birdssittingonahigh-voltagewireareaneveryday sight. And, as long as they just sit there, nothing will happen. But once they’ve ...

Not all ants build anthills and collect leaves—Nylandria fulva loves electronics, although for a different reason than the huma ...

M emorial Day is one of the most important holidays in the U.S.: Thousands of military parades are held to commemorate the falle ...

HOWDOYOUSCANANOCEANFORINFLATABLEDINGHIES? Every day thousands of refugees set sail across the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. ...

WHO NEEDS A FENCE? The governments of many nations brace themselves to accept ever-more refugees. But the politicians have been ...

and satellites along with maps of the Mediterranean. Countless green dots can be seen on the screens. Each of these points repre ...

takes them to the European mainland. Now they are faced with the prospect of prompt deportation back to their home countries. De ...

of hidden people” are being used by the researchers of today to craft the border-control systems of tomorrow. The goal: In the f ...