In Kuwait, a country known for hot weather, death certificates reveal that on days when the temperatures reached extremes of…
How social media makes it difficult to identify real news
There’s a price to pay when you get your news and political information from the same place you find funny…
What are you looking at? ‘Virtual’ communication in the age of social distancing
When discussions occur face-to-face, people know where their conversational partner is looking and vice versa. With ”virtual” communication due to…
Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
MIT engineers are working on developing soft, flexible neural implants that can gently conform to the brain’s contours and monitor…
Advances in production of retinal cells for treating blindness
Researchers have discovered a way to refine the production of retinal cells from embryonic stem cells for treating blindness in…
Xinjiang Returns to Work, but Coronavirus Worries Linger in China
The Chinese region, where hundreds of thousands of Muslims are held in indoctrination camps, has been an information void. Uighurs…
Inside G.M.’s Race to Build Ventilators, Before Trump’s Attack
The automaker and its partner, Ventec, had spent more than a week figuring out how to make thousands of the…
Are Bike Lanes Really Safe?
I’ve had two recent cycling accidents in which I had the right of way but inattentive drivers cut me off.
‘Group of Local Vigilantes’ Try to Forcibly Quarantine Out-of-Towners, Officials Say
A group of residents from an island town in Maine cut down a tree and dragged it into the middle…
‘Group of Local Vigilantes’ Try to Forcibly Quarantine Out-of-Towners, Officials Say
A group of residents from an island town in Maine cut down a tree and dragged it into the middle…