Citizen science data has a race problem
What we know about our natural world is likely influenced by racial biases, says North Carolina State Ph.D. student Deja Perkins.
Mar. 2, 2022
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The ‘Big Lie’ and other disinformation campaigns
Scientists are learning more about how the "Big Lie," anti-vaccine movements and other disinformation campaigns become so popular.
Mar. 2, 2022
Defending against disinformation
Just as our bodies can build resistance to viral attacks, it’s possible our minds can cultivate defenses against disinformation.
Mar. 2, 2022
De-extinction narratives can change attitudes on conservation
In conservation biology, there is the long-standing notion that extinction is forever. But if scientists could recreate those species using technology, would that diminish your motivation to protect them in the first place?
Mar. 2, 2022
Helping jurors understand forensic reports
Forensic science can turn a grueling legal battle into an open-and-shut case with even the smallest of crime scene clues.
Mar. 2, 2022
Are we ready for the next big solar weather event?
Imagine a colossal blob of plasma spit out by the sun, racing toward the Earth, poised to impact our planet in just three days. These blobs of plasma are known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs.
Mar. 2, 2022
Scientists hope Parker Solar Probe will help protect Earth from geomagnetic storms
Geomagnetic storms that disrupt the Earth’s magnetic field can seriously disrupt infrastructures like electricity grids and telecommunications. That’s something the Parker Solar Probe, launched toward the sun in August 2018, hopes to mitigate by sending back data enabling scientists to better predict the occurrence of geomagnetic storms.
Mar. 2, 2022In backyards and schools across the country, more and more Americans are joining scientists in a cosmic endeavor: to track the impacts of distant activities at the sun’s surface that can have serious consequences on Earth.
Mar. 2, 2022