Researchers are encouraging the people of Madagascar to embrace bugs as a source of protein, in order to take pressure off endangered lemurs. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Forget Growing Weed�Make Yeast Spit Out CBD and THC Instead
Yeast gives us beer and bread. Now researchers have engineered it to do something more improbable: manufacturing the cannabis compounds CBD and THC. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: We Need to Not Freak Out About the Robot Revolution
A former Obama advisor says we’ll work alongside the machines—but we also need to be smarter about apprenticeships and job retraining. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Year in Robots (2018): Boston Dynamics, Baxter, and More
Look back on the biggest moments in robotics in 2018, from the continued ascendance of SpotMini to the rapid rise and fall of the home robot. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Don’t Fear the Robot Overlords—Embrace Them as Coworkers
In factories across the world, machines are beginning to work more intimately with humans without sending them to the unemployment line—or the grave. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Bug-Like HAMR Robot Walks Upside Down Using Electricity
The magic ingredient isn’t glue, or a material that mimics the pad of a gecko’s foot, but voltage. Specifically, electroadhesion. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Cannabis Dependence Research Follows Potency, Legalization
Cannabis can treat inflammation, pain, and nausea, among other ills. But an estimated 9 percent of users will develop a dependence on the drug. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Sci-Fi Promised Us Home Robots. So Where Are They?
It seemed like 2018 was going to be the year when robots made a big leap toward the fabled Rosie from the Jetsons. Consumers, though, had other ideas. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
Fires spread with a complexity that scientists can pick apart little by little, thanks to lasers, sensors, and some of the most powerful computers. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: California Fires: We Know How to Keep Cities From Burning
We stopped American cities from burning once, and we can do it again. But it’ll take a massive shift in behavior statewide. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: How Much Weed Should Someone Try If It’s Their First Time?
Make sure they know the difference between THC and CDB, and remember: Low and slow Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: California Fire Survivors Brace for Debris-Filled Mudslides
The rains are coming to California, and the fires have primed the soil for another disaster that can claim yet more lives. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: How California Needs to Adapt to Survive Future Fires
California is burning for very good reasons, like climate change and population growth. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: This Chemical Is So Hot It Destroys Nerve Fibers—in a Good Way
Resiniferatoxin is 10,000 times hotter than the hottest pepper, and has features that make it promising as a painkiller of last resort. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Camp, Hill, and Woolsey Fires Are Climate Change at Work
Though we can point to a lack of rainfall to explain the devastation from the fires in California, they’re ultimately a product of a warming world. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: These Wind Patterns Explain Why California’s Wildfires Are So Bad
The Camp Fire, Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire share an origin in the jet stream, which has produced extreme winds that are spreading the flames and hampering firefighting efforts. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Camp Fire: The Terrifying Science Behind California’s Massive Blaze
Lots of wind along with very dry vegetation turned the Northern California wildfire into a high-speed menace that tore through Paradise and Butte County. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Bees Are Dying Off. Tiny QR Code Backpacks May Help Save Them
A novel system monitors the dynamics of colonies exposed to imidacloprid, a neurotoxin that belongs to the infamous neonicotinoid group of pesticides. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Midterms 2018: Weed Wins on Election Day
A win for marijuana in Michigan, Utah, and Missouri may foreshadow a win for cannabis nationwide. Continue reading →
Database Proof Substratum: Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: The Entourage Effect: How THC and Other Weed Compounds Mix
Some call it the entourage effect: THC achieves its full effects only when it rolls with a crew of other compounds. Continue reading →
