Elon Musk Announces His Plan to Colonize Mars and Save Humanity
Musk doesn’t just want to go to Mars, he wants to build a civilization there. The post Elon Musk Announces…
The US May Not Be Able to Hit Its Ambitious Climate Goal
A new study estimates that the US is probably undershooting its 2025 climate change goal. The post The US May…
Time Might Only Exist in Your Head. And Everyone Else’s
To physics, time has no direction. Until you come along and give it a past, present, and future. The post…
The Government’s Top Financial Regulator Is Investigating ExxonMobil
If the SEC gets the goods on Exxon, its sanctions could affect the way publicly-traded companies account for the costs…
Maybe California’s Water Wars Aren’t as Bad as You Think
A new book by author John Fleck argues that the American west is starting to grow out of its water-warring…
IBM Just Made It Easier to Build Apps That Harness the Weather
The Weather Company just put its entire weather API on IBM’s BlueMix development platform, making it easier for developers to…
House Republicans Are Trying to Blackball the Climate Investigation into Exxon
The House Science Committee is dragging out the spurious narrative that science isn’t in consensus about climate change, its causes,…
Jeff Bezos’ New Rocket Could Send the First People to Mars
Jeff Bezos announced a new rocket that could make his tortoise strategy a winner in the race to Mars. The…
Moon Cycles Might Be Linked to Really Big Quakes
New research suggests that spring tides might flex highly stressed fault lines to the point of triggering large quakes. The…
Climate Change and the Terrible, No-Good Odds of Bad Weather
Last month, a historic storm flooded southern Louisiana. Was it climate change? Yes and no. The post Climate Change and…