Bryan White

Abstract In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the integrity of digital communication has transcended technical curiosity to become a cornerstone of civil liberty, corporate security, and geopolitical stability. As the volume of data transmitted globally expands exponentially, so too does the sophistication of adversarial actors ranging from state-sponsored intelligence agencies to commercial surveillance firms and cybercriminal syndicates. This research report provides an...

Terry Pratchett: The Journalist of the Impossible The literary landscape of the late 20th and early 21st centuries is marked by few figures as prolific, distinct, and culturally resonant as Sir Terry Pratchett. An author whose career spanned five decades and resulted in over fifty bestselling novels, Pratchett is best known for the Discworld  series—a satirical fantasy sequence set on a flat planet balanced on the backs of four giant elephants, which in turn stand on the carapace of a giant...

Abstract The United States is currently witnessing a precipitous and alarming resurgence of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) once thought to be on the verge of elimination. This report provides an exhaustive examination of the escalating crisis of maternal and congenital syphilis, anchored by the most recent surveillance data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) covering the period from 2022 to 2024. During this two-year window, the rate of maternal...