21 June is Show Lines Day. As with warming streaks, streaks are a popular way to visualize global warming trends over the past 150 years. You’ll find warming strips on face masks (see fig. my twitter profile), in scarves (Blackrock CEO Larry Fink wore a scarf around his neck in Davos a few years ago), […]
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A Science Fiction Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The True Story Is Here
Last fall, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson was asked to predict what the world would look like in 2050. He was speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and the atmosphere at the summit was described as “last, best”. “hope to save the planet” – it was bleak. But Robinson, his […]
Dementia content gets billions of views on TikTok. Whose story does this
A dementia diagnosis can instantly change how the world sees someone. Stigma also has a long reach: Family and friends of people with dementia may also see the world turn away from them. The internet at its best can help make the reality of living with dementia more visible. And for some, the internet is […]
Finding a Story by Asking ‘Really Stupid Questions’
What stories are you drawn to? Stories about the forgotten, the overlooked, the underestimated. Where do you find your ideas? I start with questions – usually really stupid questions – and then I ask a lot of people for answers. A story emerges from there. You have reported from all over the world. Is there […]
Tell Us Your Best Pandemic Story in 50 Words
It would be a cliché to say that this is the roller coaster of the year. In the first few months of 2021, coronavirus infections skyrocketed. Then the vaccines were collected in earnest. Cases have dropped. Borders opened. Delta rose. Schools have reopened. Now, here’s the Omicron. A lot has happened and some may have […]
As World Closes Borders to Stop Omicron, Japan Presents A Cautionary Story
TOKYO – With the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus late last week, countries around the world rushed to close their borders to travelers from South Africa, even with no scientific knowledge about whether such measures are necessary or likely to be effective. to stop the spread of the virus. Japan has […]
As World Closes Borders to Stop Omicron, Japan Presents A Cautionary Story
TOKYO – With the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus late last week, countries around the world rushed to close their borders to travelers from South Africa, even with no scientific knowledge about whether such measures are necessary or likely to be effective. to stop the spread of the virus. Japan has […]
The inside story of how a scientist ended covid, a
“The punishments for criminals can be harsh,” says Zhou Zhaomin, a policy expert on China’s wildlife trade at China West Normal University in Nanchong. Trade in protected species is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and smuggling them to or from China in sufficient numbers can result in life imprisonment. But enforcement of […]
How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Teeth? Long story.
Elephants have them. Pigs have it. Narwhals and water deer have them. Teeth are among the most dramatic examples of mammalian teeth: protruding teeth that are constantly growing, used for fighting, foraging, and even dating. So, over the broad sweep of geological history, why have such useful teeth only appeared among mammals and no other […]
The story of artificial intelligence as told by its inventors
Welcome I was there, a new oral history project Machines We Trust digital audio file. It contains stories of how breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and computing came about, as told by the people who witnessed them. In this first episode, we meet Joseph Atick, who helped create the first commercially viable facial recognition system. Credit: […]
