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Doomscrolling COVID-19 News Takes an Emotional Toll – Here is How to Prevent That
Picture this: it’s April 2020, you’re between Zoom meetings, and scrolling through…
No, AI isn’t going to kill us all, despite what this new book says
The rise of artificial intelligence has increased demand for data centres like…
U.S. ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Shield Is Short on Details—but Not on Cash
In January President Donald Trump made a bold pronouncement, calling for colossal…
Chemicals in marijuana may affect women’s fertility
When Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, its effects on human health were…
Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change
Can we slow the melting of the ice caps?Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto/Shutterstock With carbon…
How the Math of Shuffling Cards Almost Brought Down an Online Poker Empire
If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely…
A Mars rock analysis tool proved its mettle on a chance find from Arizona
McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC.…
Genetically Rescued Organism: Toward A Solution For Sudden Oak Death
Sudden oak death, caused by the pathogen Phythophthora ramorum, is one of the…
Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life
Artist’s impression of the planet TRAPPIST-1eNASA/JPL-Caltech There are promising signs that one…