Your Weather Tweets Are Showing Your Climate Amnesia
A database of 2 billion tweets shows people get so used to weather extremes they might stop noticing them. That's bad for action on climate change.
Darpa Wants to Solve Science’s Reproducibility Crisis With AI
Social science has an image problem—too many findings don't hold up. A new project will crank through 30,000 studies to try to identify red flags.
This Robot Debates and Cracks Jokes, but It’s Still a Toaster
Domo arigato, debating roboto: An IBM project shows that a computer can carry on a sophisticated—if creepy—argument with a human.
The Green New Deal Shows How Grand Climate Politics Can Be
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies' sprawling plan leans heavily on what local governments are already doing to fend off climate change.
For the Love of Beer, We’ve Got to Fix Climate Change
If your Super Bowl Sunday includes cold brewskis, you'll want to get that climate change thing fixed. Just ask Budweiser.
And Now, the Weather: Mars-like, With a Chance of Apocalypse
Extreme cold from a broken polar vortex is hitting the US at the same time as extreme heat is scorching Australia. Not so good if a habitable planet is your jam.
The Excruciating, Impossible Science of Airport Delays
Network effects dictate how one flight delay ripples out, but our air traffic system is so complex that scientists still grapple with how it all works.
If Edible Insects Are the Future, We Should Talk About Poop
Insects are touted as a major new source of protein, but scaling up Big Cricket could mean new problems—such as what to do with all their "frass."
Is ’Oumuamua an Alien Spaceship? Sure! Except, No
People love ‘Oumuamua because it's an antidote to our cosmic loneliness. And that's OK!
Cities Are Tucking Climate Change Fixes Into New Laws
Across the country, cities are implementing new housing and transit laws that, oh by the way, lower their emissions of greenhouse gasses.