The so-called Pineapple Express is dumping rain down all over California, for one thing. An explanation in the form of a song. (With apologies to Talking Heads.) Continue reading →

No one really knows how drunkenness works, and hangovers are poorly understood, no matter what your friend tells you. Still, there are a few things you can try. Continue reading →

Goodbye, Arctic. Hello, heat stroke and asthma attacks. New climate reports connect the dots between predictions and your life—today. Continue reading →

A massive new federal report describes a country in ecological collapse and infrastructural ruin by 2100. They released it on Black Friday. Continue reading →

Washington voters will likely shoot down a ballot initiative that would tax carbon emissions, but carbon pricing is still likely to reach the US. Continue reading →

A new paper concludes that it takes more than four times as much energy to mine $1 of bitcoin as mining $1 of copper. Continue reading →

The migrants almost certainly do not have smallpox or leprosy, a claim that is just the latest attempt to dehumanize foreigners. Continue reading →

A leaked memo that proposes to eliminate protections for transgender individuals, in part by relying on genetic testing, is deeply problematic. Continue reading →

The phenomenon known as ‘rapid intensification’ used to be rare. With climate change, this most deadly type of hurricane is becoming more common. Continue reading →

North Carolina is being slammed by a succession of disasters triggered by Hurricane Florence. The latest scare is from coal plants, where pools of ash are at risk of spilling into already toxic waters. Continue reading →

Officials are pushing for extreme self-sufficiency when the next hurricane, earthquake, or other catastrophe hits, but the advice can be unclear and impractical. Continue reading →

The climate has changed, and our planet is growing less habitable. Continue reading →

President Trump’s tweet about the death toll in Puerto Rico is worse than a lie. It means we’ll never learn from past disasters, repeating devastating mistakes. Continue reading →

Wildfires would be much less destructive if forests were managed actively, with controlled burns and by culling trees and undergrowth. But someone has to pay for that. Continue reading →

An attempt to replicate some of the decade’s best research shows some of it … doesn’t. Continue reading →

Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. The scientists warned us about big data and corporate surveillance. They tried to warn…

Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. San Francisco and Oakland are suing oil companies for money to protect against sea…

Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Researchers are building a case that long before the nervous system works, the brain…

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Gendrome Editors’ Note: The article below provides the raw material for a proof and is not the proof itself. In addition, the raw material may contain one or more false statements and/or some offensive, outside content. Hawking may have been the most famous physicist in the world—not only because he…