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This Ice Cream Cone Shaped Creature Finally Has a Home on the Tree of Life
20-year-old Toronto undergrad Joe Moysiuk helped solve a paleontological mystery. Continue reading This Ice Cream Cone Shaped Creature Finally Has a Home on the Tree of Life
Jenny McCarthy’s Antivax Group Is Funding Scientific Research On Autism
A scientific publisher recently yanked a paper abstract after experts complained. It was mostly funded by Jenny McCarthy’s Generation Rescue. Continue reading Jenny McCarthy’s Antivax Group Is Funding Scientific Research On Autism
Fake Science News Is Just As Bad As Fake News
A Canadian journalist set out to get a fake article published in a scientific journal. Continue reading Fake Science News Is Just As Bad As Fake News
Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Comes Back to Life With News of Trump Win
Facing protests over the environment, Obama killed the Keystone XL pipeline. Now it could be back. Continue reading Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Comes Back to Life With News of Trump Win
Tesla’s Clever Plan To Push Self-Driving Cars Into the Mainstream
Plenty of observers say that self-driving cars aren’t ready for prime time. Continue reading Tesla’s Clever Plan To Push Self-Driving Cars Into the Mainstream
Watson Made a Movie Trailer, Paving the Way for Police-Worn Body Cameras
To help make the trailer for Morgan, the AI first had to watch a lot of horror movies. Continue reading Watson Made a Movie Trailer, Paving the Way for Police-Worn Body Cameras
Scientists Made Mice That Are See-Through, Shrunken, and Glow in the Dark
This new technique gives scientists a whole new perspective on the body’s insides. Continue reading Scientists Made Mice That Are See-Through, Shrunken, and Glow in the Dark
What Woolly Mammoth Extinction Tells Us About Our Rapidly-Changing Future
They died of thirst on a remote Alaskan island. Continue reading What Woolly Mammoth Extinction Tells Us About Our Rapidly-Changing Future
How Cellphone Camera Images Can Fool Machine Vision
Grainy images that would be clear enough to human eyes confuse a machine. Continue reading How Cellphone Camera Images Can Fool Machine Vision