Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The brain is a precision instrument. Its function depends on finely calibrated electrical activity triggering the release of chemical messages between neurons. But sometimes the brains careful balance is knocked out of...
Why Trump shouldn't leverage the government's emergency oil supply to bolster the GOP
Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
President Donald Trump has publicly griped about the prices of oil and gasoline, which are at their highest levels in four years. If oil supplies were to suddenly grow, those prices might well decline. That is why,...
What is causing Florida's algae crisis? 5 questions answered
Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Editors note: Two large-scale algae outbreaks in Florida are killing fish and threatening public health. Along the southwest coast, one of the longest-lasting red tide outbreaks in the states history is affecting more than...
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Once again, the summer of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere has brought us an epidemic of major wildfires. These burn forests, houses and other structures, displace thousands of people and animals, and cause major...
How 'story maps' redraw the world using people's real-life experiences
Aug 13, 2018 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Maps are an important part of our everyday lives. We use them for driving directions, to look up restaurants or stores and parse election data. We can even use smartphone maps to locate friends when theyre out on the...
Profit, not free speech, governs media companies' decisions on controversy
Aug 13, 2018 13:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
For decades, U.S. media companies have limited the content theyve offered based on whats good for business. The decisions by Apple, Spotify, Facebook and YouTube to remove content from commentator Alex Jones and his...
Apple's $1 trillion value doesn't mean it's the 'biggest' company
Aug 13, 2018 13:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
On Aug. 2, Apple became the first U.S. public corporation to achieve a US$1 trillion valuation, making it the largest company in the world by one measure at least. A New York Times article proclaimed that this...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects