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Montecito Is Everything Bad About Climate Change in a Single California Town
In four months, the southern California town has seen mudslides, the largest wildfire in state history, and now flash floods.
Facebook’s New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers
It was already hard for researchers to use Facebook's data. It looks like it's about to get harder.
Will Cutting Calories Make You Live Longer?
The biggest human study of calorie restriction tries to answer that question.
Robot Microscopes Demystify Plankton, the Sea's Most Vital Residents
Researchers are developing clever robots that use AI to examine and classify plankton, the pivotal organisms at the base of our oceanic food chain.
Shatter, Batter, Wax: How Cannabis Extracts Come to Be
It's sticky, it's icky, it's cannabis-derived oleoresin!
In San Francisco’s Big Oil Lawsuit, Climate Science Gets a Day in Court
San Francisco and Oakland are suing oil companies for money to protect against sea level rise.
MIT Unleashes a Hypnotic Robot Fish to Help Save the Oceans
Researchers detail the evolution of the world’s strangest fish, and describe how it could be a potentially powerful tool for scientists to study ocean life.
DowDuPont Signs a Deal to Surveil Farms With Satellites
Photos from a network of 200 satellites will go into agricultural analytics tools, which could give farmers new insight.
How the Jaegers in *Pacific Rim Uprising* Violate Physics
Sometimes real science isn't nearly as exciting as pretend science.
Climate Change Will Not Make Us Nicer
A recent study found that people who grow up in places with mild weather are more agreeable and outgoing. What does that mean in a world of climate extremes?
Medicare Now Covers Genetic Cancer Testing
Precision medicine has finally broken into the mainstream.
To Stay Healthy On Your Next Flight, Avoid Aisles and Stay Put
Just grab a window seat and don't move.
Watch a Robot 'Hen' Adopt a Flock of Chicks
The PoulBot is teaching researchers about flocking behavior and about the cues animals need to fall in love with their robot overlords.
Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth
Researchers are building a case that long before the nervous system works, the brain sends crucial bioelectric signals to guide the growth of embryonic tissues.
The Uneven Gains of Energy Efficiency
Low-income Americans are more likely to live in housing that wastes energy, which saddles them with disproportionately high energy costs.
To Understand the Universe, Physicists Are Building Their Own
Silke Weinfurtner isn’t an evil genius hell-bent on creating a new world of her own to rule. She just wants to understand the origins of the one we already have.
Theranos Didn't Nuke the Diagnostics Business
Dozens of other companies were working on point-of-care blood testing before Theranos, and dozens still are.
Gas vs. Electric: How Far Can a Car Go With Different Fuel Sources?
A typical car can travel 30 miles on just one gallon of gasoline. How do electric vehicles stack up?
Med Students Are Getting Terrible Training in Robotic Surgery
A researcher reckons that at most, one out of five residents at top-tier institutions are succeeding at robotic surgery.
Maybe Nobody Wants Your Space Internet
A growing group of companies believes satellites, balloons, and drones can help bring internet access to everyone on Earth. But what if not everybody wants it?
