Aug 24 Watch 2:58 How a four-legged mowing system keeps solar farms producing energy Despite the advantages they offer in terms of leveraging renewable resources, solar farms also bring with them special challenges. Among these is controlling vegetation growth around the panels--essential for ensuring a consistent, stable power source, but a laborious and time-consuming… Continue watching
Aug 24 Russian bots tried to sow discord over vaccines during the 2016 election, study finds By Helen Branswell, STAT An analysis of Twitter accounts previously identified as having been operated by Russian bots and trolls found they dove into the vaccine debate as early as January 2015… Continue reading
Aug 23 This ancient teenager is the first known person with parents of two different species By Michelle Langley, The Conversation A new ancient DNA study reports the first known person to have had parents of two different species. Continue reading
Aug 21 Police militarization fails to protect officers and targets black communities, study finds By Nsikan Akpan Police militarization neither reduces rates of violent crime nor changes the number of officers assaulted or killed, a new study finds. It is arguably the nation’s first systematic analysis on the use and consequences of militarized police forces. Continue reading
Aug 18 This scientist chases wildfires to better predict fire behavior By Andrea Thompson, Scientific American To know what a wildfire might do next, researchers need to know how an inferno interacts with the atmosphere. Continue reading
Aug 18 Column: NYU medical school students are getting free tuition. But everyone will reap benefits By Eli Cahan, STAT Free tuition for medical students could help improve access to care by minority patients and ease the looming physician shortage. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 8:43 How the Pentagon joins forces with Silicon Valley startups By Mike Cerre The U.S. military has been closely connected with Silicon Valley since it "started-up" in the 1960s. More recently, the Defense Department has set up an innovation base of sorts to get closer to the new technology companies they need to… Continue watching
Aug 15 How to avoid a catastrophic ‘Hothouse Earth’ By Julia Griffin, Nsikan Akpan Humanity only has a handful of decades to determine the future of our planet. Continue reading
Aug 15 These tiny worms can survive forces 400,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity By Katherine Kornei, Scientific American New findings give some weight to the idea that life was blasted here from another planet. Continue reading
Aug 12 An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes By Michael D. Regan An 11-year-old on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes. Continue reading