Bill Gates Is Upbeat on Climate, Capitalism, and Even Politics
The technologist and philanthropist goes beyond his recent book to talk about climate denial, vaccines, and David Foster Wallace. ..
The technologist and philanthropist goes beyond his recent book to talk about climate denial, vaccines, and David Foster Wallace. ..
Clever experiments demonstrate how having your face in your phone disrupts the flow of pedestrian traffic and makes life difficult for everyone. ..
One year later, Covid-19 is still hitting incarcerated people at a disproportionate rate. But efforts are under way to prioritize them for vaccines. ..
The 2019–20 flu season basically didn’t happen. Same for a couple other respiratory viruses. But that could make future seasons worse. ..
Meet DyRET, a doglike machine that can lengthen its four legs on the fly. That’s not to creep out humans, but to help ramblin’ robots of all stripes. ..
A new nanocoating from Curran Biotech can potentially dramatically improve air fiation to prevent the spread involving COVID-19 indoors. Their View Coating ..
A new map of the chromosphere’s magnetic field could help us predict solar weather patterns—and anticipate flares that wreak havoc on the power grid. ..
Happy 3/14! Here's how this mathematical constant keeps train cars from flying off their tracks during turns. ..
A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out. ..
Most legal marijuana is grown in a controlled environment. A study just quantified how much damage that's doing to the planet. ..