Climate Change
Crisis in the Cryosphere, Part 2
The thawing of carbon-rich permafrost is one huge problem, but the loss of the planet's great ice sheets is equally worrisome
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Climate Change
Crisis in the Cryosphere, Part 1
Thawing permafrost is threatening to add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, complicating efforts to hold off climate change
Computing
The Internet Archive--Bricks and Mortar Version
Its 25 petabytes of data make it one of the largest repositories in cyberspace—but the archive's physical home in an old San Francisco church has become a popular public gathering place ...
Space & Physics
Alpha Centauri or Bust
Is a new plan to blast nanosatellites to the stars with gigagantic lasers brilliant or crazy—or a little of both?
Public Health
Income and Mortality in America: Much Ado about Nothing New
A widely publicized study shows an association between income, mortality and geography in the U.S.—but there's nothing in it we didn't know already
Climate Change
People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change
A new kind of messaging could make it easier to appreciate the enormous benefits of moving away from a meat-heavy diet
Computing
Moore's Law and the Future of Solid-State Electronics
Don't give up on dramatic improvements in faster-better-cheaper computing quite yet
Behavior
Bemoaning Political Attacks Won't Fix the Problem
There's a possible solution—but it would take a constitutional amendment to make it happen at the presidential level
Conservation
East of Siberia: Where There Is No Tractor
No matter how prepared I think I am, nature will find a way to knock me down a peg
Policy
There's Still Time to Get Presidential Candidates to Focus on Science
The ScienceDebate organization is working hard to get science policy into the political conversation
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Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Climate science in a changing world
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Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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