Approaching Peak Capacity
Requests for consumers to shift their electrical usage when the power grid is strained can have "perverse effects."
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What Will We Do With Virtual Reality?
It’s not just for gaming. Cheap and accessible virtual reality will soon change how we look at just about everything, and this group of novelists, artists, and designers are leading the way.
The Bees and the Manganese
Even at levels considered safe for humans, excess manganese from steel manufacturing could interfere with honey bee foraging, and, ultimately, our food supply.
‘You Wouldn’t Drill for Oil in the Sistine Chapel’
Resistance to a proposed oil tanker route off British Columbia’s lush northern coast is about more than NIMBYism.
Support for Predictive Policing in Arizona
Arizona may become the first state to invest in predictive technologies to stop crimes before they occur.
Proponents of Raw Milk Are No Better Than Anti-Vaccine Advocates
The perils of the “farm-food freedom” movement.
More Evidence That Intelligence Is Malleable
One new study links IQ with the quality and quantity of one’s education, and another to a child’s home environment.
Designer Babies Aren’t Coming Anytime Soon
Genetically engineered babies raise a host of disturbing, science fiction-worthy ethical questions, but we have a more mundane and much more urgent issue to consider: safety.
