How to solve Facebook’s fake news problem: experts pitch their ideas
by A cadre of technologists, academics and media experts are thinking up solutions, from hiring human editors, to crowdsourcing or creating algorithms
Month: November 2016
We need phosphate to grow food. But should we be digging it up from the sea floor?
Biologist Jeanneht Armendáriz Villegas of Baja’s Instituto Politécnico Nacional, who studies mines in protected areas, says there are a lot of unknowns about drilling underwater, …
Climate change / Culture / Environment / Featured Stories / Justice / News / Peace / Politics / Spirituality
Standing Rock protest: North Dakota governor orders immediate evacuation
Governor orders thousands of activists to leave the encampment, citing ‘harsh winter conditions’, but does not authorize police to carry out evacuation
How can I protect myself from government snoopers?
Now that the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 – or snooper’s charter – has become law, Charles wants to protect his privacy
Why you should stop drinking low-fat milk
Whole fat may work to regulate insulin and glucose. The more fatty dairy products one consumes at once, the longer they’ll go without getting hungry …
Environment / News / Wildlife
The real reason why you’re suddenly seeing whales in N.J. and N.Y. waters
Besides inspiring a chorus of oohs and aahs, the increase in sightings is adding a blubbery new wrinkle to a raging debate over a far …
Jill Stein requests Wisconsin recount, alleging hackers filed bogus absentee ballots
The Green party candidate’s filing cites the sharp increase in absentee voters rather than the expected focus on electronic voting in the key state
Culture / Featured Stories / Health / News / Science
Sugar And Your Health: How The Sugar Industry Influenced Scientific Research
Newly-discovered archives dating back to 1959 reveal Big Sugar’s early role in government regulation and research lays out a story of questionable scientific integrity.
For young scientists, a supervisor’s fraud can derail a career
Ask grad students and postdocs at any institution affected by research misconduct and they’ll know of at least one young scientist who thusly poured their …
Climate change / Culture / Environment / Featured Stories / News / Politics
Is this the beginning of the end for coal?
Canada has joined a growing list of countries phasing out the most polluting fossil fuel and global demand has fallen. Is this the start of a low-carbon energy era or just a blip in coal’s dominance?