The Crypto Crime Wave Is Here

From stickups and drug deals to white-collar scams, cryptocurrency-related crime is soaring—and law enforcement is scrambling to keep up

Win more social-media followers with this trick

Widespread evidence has emerged that malicious actors have attempted to influence thinking in the US and Europe by interacting with people on social media.

A potential strategy for influencing individuals: build a following of the same people who follow the target, and then retweet and follow the target. That should significantly increase the probability the target will follow you.

A Data Storage Revolution? DNA Can Store Near Limitless Data in Almost Zero Space

By encoding bits of data into tiny molecules of DNA, researchers and companies like Microsoft hope to fit entire data centers in a few flasks of DNA by the end of the decade.

DNA could fit 215 million gigabytes of data in a single gram of DNA.

Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People

From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world.

What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, to controlling wildfires.

We calculated how much money trees save for your city

Trees clean the air and water, reduce stormwater floods, improve building energy use and mitigate climate change, among other things.

For every dollar invested in planting, cities see an average US$2.25 return on their investment each year.