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Suffering stroke can double risk of dementia, study finds

September 15, 2018

Scientists call for more investment in promoting healthy lifestyle after discovering strong link between diseases

Having a stroke can double the risk of developing dementia, say scientists, who are calling for more effort to be invested in promoting the healthy Continue reading →

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dementia, Health, Medical research, Mental health, Science, Society, Stroke

What Happened in the Dark: Puerto Rico’s Year of Fighting for Power

September 13, 2018

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Several weeks before he would become a folk hero across Puerto Rico, Jorge Bracero slipped in a puddle at San Juan’s central power plant and broke his leg.

After a few days in a cast, he began to feel pain Continue reading →

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backchannel, electricity, hurricanes, Infrastructure, longreads, magazine-26.09, Puerto Rico, Science, solar

Americas Spaceport Boom Is Outpacing the Need to Go to Space

September 8, 2018

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“The first mile is free,” Colorado’s governor, John Hickenlooper, says into a microphone. He’s smiling from a stage in Denver’s air and space museum, backed by a giant American flag that hangs near the bay doors of this repurposed military Continue reading →

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Cities, Economics, rockets, Science, Space, urban planning

The Rebirth of Radio Astronomy

September 7, 2018

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In the early 1930s, Bell Labs was experimenting with making wireless transatlantic calls. The communications goliath wanted to understand the static that might crackle across the ocean, so it asked an engineer named Karl Jansky to investigate its sources. He Continue reading →

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astronomy, funding, Science, Space, telescopes

Godfather of GMOs Wants Consumers to Be Less Afraid of His Food

August 5, 2018

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Three decades ago, Robert T. Fraley helped invent the genetically modified seeds that have become a $17 billion global industry and ushered in a new era of agricultural productivity. So it’s little surprise that this longtime Monsanto Co. executive doesn’t Continue reading →

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Agriculture, BAYER AG-REG, Business, Climate change, Europe, food, Illinois, Nobel Prize, Science, Social Media, technology, Waste & Environment

Next-Gen Nuclear Is ComingIf Society Wants It

July 28, 2018

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This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Back in 2009, Simon Irish, an investment manager in New York, found the kind of opportunity that he thought could transform the world while — in Continue reading →

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Climate change, nuclear power, Science

How Self-Limiting Mosquitos Can Help Eradicate Malaria

July 5, 2018

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Next month, in a laboratory an hour outside of London, scientists will begin stitching bits of DNA together and inserting them into hundreds of tiny, cucumber-shaped insect eggs. It’s the first step toward engineering a new kind of mosquito—the kind Continue reading →

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genetics, malaria, Pesticides, public health, Science

Are Avocados Toast?

June 7, 2018

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This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Chris Sayer pushed his way through avocado branches and grasped a denuded limb. It was stained black, as if someone had ladled tar over its bark. In Continue reading →

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Agriculture, california, Climate change, climate desk, Drought, Science

How to Fight Climate Change: Figure Out Who’s to Blame, and Sue Them

May 27, 2018

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How it used to go was, after some extreme weather event, reporters would ask Climate McScientist, PhD whether the flood/drought/hurricane/disease outbreak/wildfire/superstorm happened because of climate change. Dr. McScientist would pat the reporter on the head and say: Well, of course, Continue reading →

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Climate change, extreme weather, modeling, Science

The Japanese Space Bots That Could Build Moon Valley

May 21, 2018

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On March 11, 2011, Kazuya Yoshida’s lab at Tohoku University in Japan started shaking. Things fell from the ceiling. The bookshelves collapsed. Off the coast of the city of Sendai, the ocean floor had ruptured, triggering a magnitude 9 earthquake Continue reading →

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commercial space, Japan, moon, rovers, Science, X Prize Foundation