This Week’s NOVA Next Feature Article
How tropical cyclones intensify remains a mystery, but unmapped aerial vehicles could fill critical gaps in the data. NOVA Next contributor Brooke Jarvis
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In other news from NOVA and around the web:
- The U.S. has set up a honey bee task force .
- Amelia Earhart is attempting to fly around the world. No, not *that* Amelia Earhart.
- China’s plans for green buildings are… well, pink .
- The Supreme Court largely upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. But the agency’s current plan may not be enough to avoid more than 2˚C of warming.
- Scientists recently discovered a 10 million billion billion billion carat diamond. The only problem is it’s 900 light-years away.
- Four cameras, multiple hours, 360˚ of awesomeness .
- Physicists plugged the Higgs boson into a model of cosmic inflation, and the universe disappeared. Fixing that error could involve finding a new particle .
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- Our popular Elements app is now available for Windows 8.1. And it’s free!
- Scientists have finally learned how monarchs migrate .
- A bipartisan report released today says the economic cost of climate change will likely be huge. But it’s not too late to help solve the problem.
- A Stanford professor has invented a $1 origami microscope. That’s right: a paper microscope .
- Don’t let your kids slip ‘n’ slide this summer. Keep them learning and growing by incorporating science into their outdoor hobbies.
- At Blitzortung.org, you can listen to live lightning strikes .
- Body language can help you get your power back. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy uses a powerful story from her own life to explain how.
- What do you do when your country has a massive tornado problem? Build some 1,000-foot walls , says one physicist.
