Collaborate Disseminate
A report released this week by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative reveals that the removal of climate change information from the EPA website is set to be a long-term policy of the Trump administration. Continue reading The EPA’s Climate Change Page Is Just Gone Now
According to a new study, ocean acidification is setting off a dangerous feedback loop that’s dissolving the very bottom of the ocean. Continue reading The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change
Predpol, an algorithmic tool that police departments use to algorithmically predict crime, quietly created login portals for police departments in at least seventeen US communities. Continue reading Predictive Policing Tool’s Website Exposes Login Pages for 17 US Police Departments
According to a new study, we’re growing too many grains, fats, and sugars and not enough fruits, vegetables, and protein. Continue reading We Need to Completely Change Agriculture to Adapt to Climate Change
Motherboard has learned that after Sergei Savitsky stabbed a worker at a Russian Antarctic research station, he was detained in an Orthodox church for 10 days before returning to Russia. Continue reading Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Antarctica Was Detained in a Creepy Church for 10 Days
At a Russian research base in Antarctica, a man repeatedly stabbed another, almost killing him. When a crime occurs at the bottom of the world, who’s responsible? Continue reading An Attempted Murder at a Research Station Shows How Crimes Are Prosecuted in Antarctica
In a conversation with the Washington Post’s Robert Costa, Pence did not rule out the eventual storage or use of nuclear weapons in space, and said that the decision to bring nuclear weapons to space is up to President Trump. Continue reading Pence Says Nukes in Space Is the ‘President’s Determination’
A developer made neural network trained on the Bible — can you distinguish what’s “divine” and what’s “benign”? Continue reading This Neural Network Trained on the Bible Tries to Play God
Biologists from Tufts University have fine-tuned an environment for 3D test tube “mini-brains” so that they can function like a living nervous system for months. Continue reading This 3D Human ‘Mini-Brain’ Is Made of Stem Cells and Can Live For Months
The Trump presidency united far-right extremists and led to a proliferation of Twitter users who self-identify as “alt-right,” according to a new study. Continue reading Support for Trump Is the Single Greatest Factor Uniting the ‘Alt-Right’ on Twitter