Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Science
03/09/2023
Scientists have mapped an insect brain in greater detail than ever before
Charting a larval fruit fly’s nerve cells and their connections took 12 years.
03/11/2023
Frans de Waal on Chimpanzee—and Human—Politics
Yascha Mounk and Frans de Waal discuss how studying the (other) great apes can help us better understand human behavior and society.
02/28/2023
We need a psychology of progress
Ultimately, progress is powered by people. So if we want to drive progress, we have to understand the machinery of human minds.
02/09/2023
What Could Go Right? Ten good news stories about kids
And, have police killings in the US gone up or down over time?
01/19/2023
What Could Go Right? Phasing out animal testing
It won’t disappear overnight, but with new regulation, a shift has begun.
01/04/2023
NASA’s new asteroid-hunting telescope is made to protect Earth from disaster
A new telescope to advance planetary defense will hunt potentially disastrous near-Earth objects.
12/22/2022
What Could Go Right? 99 good news stories
2022’s human rights victories, environmental wins, and health and development milestones
12/15/2022
What Could Go Right? Nuclear fusion breakthrough!
Why the fusion news is significant, although far from an immediate climate fix.
11/23/2022
Space diversity: Europe’s space agency gets 1st parastronaut
The European Space Agency made history Wednesday by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — a leap toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disability into space.
11/25/2022
Flatpack wind turbine invented by 15-year-old set to help communities in Kenya
Undergraduate engineers from Glasgow Caledonian University developed Douglas Macartney’s idea into a prototype.
11/16/2022
Greening the city: pockets of hope for urban biodiversity
Cities are adopting green infrastructure to become more climate-resilient. These measures are reviving all kinds of urban biodiversity as well.
11/01/2022