You Want Better Beer? Good. Here’s a Better Barley Genome
A new high-resolution sequence of the barley genome could pave the way for better malt. The post You Want Better…
You’ll Never Guess Who Does Diversity Right: Uber
Opinion: Amid scandal, Uber is getting something right: diversity. The post You’ll Never Guess Who Does Diversity Right: Uber appeared…
Breathtaking Photos of a World Without Light Pollution
Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic set out to document the last dark skies around North America. The post Breathtaking Photos…
Gerrymandering Has a Solution After All. It’s Called Math
All that packing and cracking comes up lacking once you apply a little efficiency gapping. The post Gerrymandering Has a…
The Best Map Yet of What Could Be NASA’s Next Mars Landing Site
A new map charts Northeast Syrtis—a promising potential landing site for NASA’s next Mars rover—in unprecedented detail. The post The…
Google Wants You to Help Fix the Fake-Fact Problem It Created
Search result snippets have made Google an arbiter of facts. Now it wants to outsource the job. The post Google…
Tech Made Cities Too Expensive. Here’s How to Fix It
Tech is a huge growth industry, but it comes at a price. The solution will have to come from people…
Trump’s Wall Is Worthless if He Doesn’t Back It Up With Tech
If the president wants results as much as a big, beautiful wall, he’ll need to shore up the tech behind…
Transcribing Audio Sucks—So Make the Machines Do It
Trint is the first product to offer the automated transcription of audio featuring two or more speakers in natural conversation.…
This App Guilts You Into Not Buying From Crummy Companies
The Aspiration Impact Measurement rates companies based on how they treat people, and the planet. The post This App Guilts…