by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
In a report for Science, Wayt Gibbs tells how physicists in New Mexico are ramping up their ability to produce a big bang. These scientists aren’t making a bomb, though. They’re developing reactors to produce fusion energy. It’s promising, but not without risks, Wayt...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
In The Atlantic, Jane C. Hu scrutinizes the discipline that might have the most shatterproof glass ceiling of all: mathematics. Math professors are using their analytical skills to figure out why the field has so few women and what to do about it. For more from...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Congratulations to Roberta Kwok, on a Kavli Award-winning essay, “The Shocking Electric Eel,” in ScienceNews for Students. Roberta starts the piece with a jolting anecdote, then dives into the biology. The fish, it turns out, use their powers for more than just...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
It’s a basic need that’s becoming more costly, writes Brett Walton. In Circle of Blue, which reports on water and other global resources, Brett describes California’s drive to be the first state to subsidize water service for poor residents. He talks with...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
When the climate changes, animals move, Michelle Ma writes for UW Today. But as temperatures rise, where exactly will they go? Michelle links to an informative, interactive, and hypnotic map developed by the University of Washington and The Nature Conservancy....
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
What happened? Samantha Larson visits meterologist Cliff Mass to find out why predictions of a massive October windstorm didn’t live up to the hype. Paradoxically, she writes in Crosscut, the answer is that weather data and modeling are improving. Samantha is the...
