Google’s Health Spinoff Verily Joins the Fight Against PTSD
The Aurora project will follow 5,000 people to see if they develop the disorder after trauma, and why—using big data
What Biotech CEOs (and Their Funders) Learned From the Theranos Debacle
Biotech investors are still stunned by the rise and fall of the one-drop blood testing startup. But they're hellbent on making sure they don’t all get burned again.
Darpa Wants to Build a BS Detector for Science
The Pentagon's blue-sky division asks for help in figuring out what research to believe.
Zero-G Blood and the Many Horrors of Space Surgery
Traumatic injury in space has a huge potential impact on a mission. And people barely know anything about how to deal with it.
The West Is on Fire. Blame the Housing Crisis
You can blame climate change for all those wildfires, but don't forget another factor: We love to build on the edge of wildlands.
Google’s Academic Influence Campaign: It’s Complicated
Several academics named in a database of Google funding recipients say they’ve never received money from the company.
Giant Antarctic Icebergs and Crushing Existential Dread
Even if climate change didn’t send Larsen C packing, the air and oceans on Earth are incontrovertibly warmer than they used to be. Could an event like this move a policy needle?
Looks Like Google Bought Favorable Research to Lobby with
Two new reports contend that Google financed hundreds of papers that could help further its policy and regulatory goals.
Looks Like Google Bought Favorable Research to Lobby with
Two new reports contend that Google financed hundreds of papers that could help further its policy and regulatory goals.
Art Fight! The Pinkest Pink Versus the Blackest Black
Nanotube-based Vantablack was aimed at engineers. Then a famous sculptor locked it up—and the artistic community found this unpalatable.