Sexual Harassment Allegations, Doggie Dementia, and Cuban Internet
BuzzFeed News science reporter Azeen Ghorayshi talks about the sexual harassment accusations against astronomer Geoff Marcy, as well as other selected short subjects in science.
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Build a Cloud Chamber
All around you, and on every surface of the earth, there is radiation pummeling the atoms that make up the matter that we can see and feel. Even as you read this sentence, you are being bombarded by...
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Invasive species threaten native grasslands in the Pacific Northwest
Several years ago, on a hillside in southeastern Washington state, botanist Mark Darrach found three rare species of flowers, previously unknown to science. Then, not long afterward, he discovered...
View ArticleAn Amazon tribe fights back against illegal logging
The Ka’apor tribe of Maranhao, Brazil, which depends on the Amazon rainforest for its livelihood and culture, is using both traditional and high-tech methods to fight back against illegal logging in...
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China helps clear a path to a climate agreement in Paris
China, the biggest emitter of global warming gases, announced it would soon implement a nationwide cap-and-trade program, and partner with the US, the world’s second biggest emitter, on other ways to...
View ArticleIn Canada, Harper's out, but the Keystone pipeline may not be
The victory of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in this week’s Canadian election marks a significant turn to the left for the country. But on one of its most high-profile issues, Trudeau stands shoulder...
View ArticleA MacArthur 'Genius' is working to clean up our polluting health care system
Twenty years ago, the health care industry produced more toxic dioxin emissions than any other business sector, because of medical waste incinerators. Then environmental health advocate Gary Cohen...
View ArticleAustralia plans to kill two million feral cats. Before you get mad, hear them...
It’s open season on wild cats Down Under.Over the next five years, Australia will slaughter two million feral felines as part of a plan to protect native animals from the "efficient predators," which...
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An Alaskan tunnel yields clues to Earth's fragile permafrost
Time travel in science fiction novels is tricky if not completely unpredictable. But it is possible to at least peer into the past as some climate scientists in Alaska are doing.Scientists are actively...
View ArticleCan Science Help Build Happier Cities?
Colin Ellard is a cognitive neuroscientist, and the author of “Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life.” His work involves studying how city grids, storefronts, and streetscapes...
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Tanzania is trying to turn the charcoal trade from an enemy to a friend of...
Rashidy Kazeuka says a forest cleared for charcoal is a silent and desolate place. No birds or other wildlife, just a barren, dried out landscape.It’s something Kazeuka knows well. He’s a charcoal...
View ArticleThis new museum explores the effect humans are having on the natural world
Several years ago, after visiting a lot of natural history museums, Rich Pell, associate professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University, noticed the natural museums seemed to be missing a lot of what...
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8 hurricanes that almost packed the punch of Patricia
Hurricane Patricia is now the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the eastern Pacific Ocean — and is poised to be the most powerful ever to hit land.The storm is now rated a category 5, the highest...
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India brings back ancient wisdom to fight its modern environmental problems
When it comes to global efforts to fight climate change, India quickly becomes Exhibit A. Like other developing countries, it seems stuck in a zero-sum game where it must choose between fast economic...
View ArticleThese scientists say they’ve found a cure for a type of congenital blindness
Just this month, drug manufacturer Spark Therapeutics said it successfully completed a phase III trial for an exciting new gene therapy treatment for inherited retinal dystrophies, a progressive...
View ArticleCalifornia’s drought is hitting indigenous Latino workers hard
Farmworker Maura Lukas says this year has been the hardest to make ends meet since she came to California more than a dozen years ago. She lives in a cramped two-bedroom apartment with her husband and...
View ArticleToxic haze threatens millions in southeast Asia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is cutting short his visit to the US to deal with a growing environmental crisis back home.Wildfires across the length of his country over the last few months have...
View ArticleWhy you don't understand people as well as you think
We’d like to think that we understand our spouses, our friends, and our colleagues. After spending at least a little time with someone, we should be able to get a sense of what they feel, think, or...
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The battlefields at Gettysburg have been getting an interesting makeover
For the past 15 years, the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — the scene of the bloodiest fights of the US Civil War — has been undergoing major changes. In the late 1990s, the National Park...
View ArticleClimate change may soon make much of the Persian Gulf region too hot for humans
Imagine a world where even the most basic outdoor activities can put your health or even your life at risk. No, that’s not a cheesy trailer for a Hollywood sci-fi flick about life on a remote desert...
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