Kimi Eisele contemplates coherence, the near extinction of the vaquita, and the expensive bycatch of being human.
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Science Has Yet to Prove Mold Makes us Sick
Is it the black mold causing your headaches, or is it all in your head? Don’t turn to science. It has no answers.
Posted inHighlight, Quotes, Science & Nature
Life Under (Water) Pressure
Welcome to the dangerous, cramped world of the saturation diver, and the extraordinary strangeness of working 500 feet under the sea.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
We Are Scientists
A scientist examines the connections between his Indian immigrant father and the brilliant but overlooked Indian scientist Yellapragada Subbarow.
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The Quest to Save Stephen Hawking’s Voice
The story of how engineers spent years trying to build software for Stephen Hawking that would preserve his distinctive robotic voice — based off of technology from 1986.
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How Do You Control One of Nature’s Biggest Rivers?
The Mississippi River’s infrastructure is aging, and no one can agree who should fix it.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Science & Nature, Story
Welcome to the Center of the Universe
For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Science & Nature
Welcome to the Center of the Universe
For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Homeward Bound: Allegedly a Sea of Sexual Harassment in the Field of Science
A program to encourage women to take leadership positions in the field of science has sailed into the rough seas of the #metoo movement.
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No One Told Babe Ruth He Had Cancer, But His Death Changed the Way We Fight It
How the legendary baseball player’s cancer treatment in the 1940s helped pave the way for how we treat cancer today.