by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
Sidney Perkowitz—author, artist, and physics professor—explores predictive policing in an essay for Aeon. Using statistical modeling to predict where law enforcement officers might have the most impact sounds effective. But how can cities that adopt this approach,...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
It’s in the water in Flint, MI. But Lynne Peeples also warns, in a feature for Undark magazine, that lead is also in the ground, air, and animals, including ones that humans use for food. The problem stems from lead ammunition. Lynne (@lynnepeeps) crisscrosses the...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
We know our ABCs by sight, but could we learn them as machine-generated tones? Elle O’Brien writes about a 1930s-era project to use a machine to convert text into an audible alphabet. Try listening yourself, using the clip in Elle’s piece, as you read (in the...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
Tom Rickey, writing for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, tells about making a cloud in a laboratory —including a video. The lab clouds are teeny specimens, but the molecular details of their formation help environmental scientists understand the conditions that...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
Veterinary pathologists are busy up north, writes Chris Solomon. In Outside Magazine, he profiles one of the overworked scientists, who talks about dissecting bears, whales, and the adorable, but dead, sea otter. What’s causing the deaths? Read the piece and ask Chris...
