How to Feed a Polar Bear
In a warming climate, polar bears face a dramatically changing future. If they'll cope is still uncertain.
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Searching the Internet Creates an Illusion of Knowledge
A new study finds merely looking things up on the Web increases our belief in our own knowledge—even with topics unrelated to our search.
Will the Web Kill Nostalgia?
The Internet may make old products instantly and easily accessible, but it can't return us to the time period in which we enjoyed them.
There’s a Scientific Consensus on Climate Change?
Much of the public remains unaware of that basic fact, but researchers have found two ways to increase people's knowledge.
When Technology Helps Us Become More Human
A group of tech savvy individuals are using their skills to create solutions to some of our biggest problems.
How to See Disaster Coming
Researchers analyze mathematics of rapid change in complex systems and find room for improvement—and hints at mitigation.
Urbanization Can Heat a Place as Much as Climate Change
The urban heat island effect is indeed very strong.
The Trembling Aspen Is in Trouble
A new study shows that droughts will cause massive die offs of the trembling aspen, a pillar of North American forests, by mid-century, unless we take action on climate change today.
Digital Culture: CreepyPMs and the Women Who Receive Them
More than 140,000 people subscribe to a subreddit dedicated to pointing out the insidious normalcy of the digital vitriol that’s directed at women online.