Week of August 21, 2017 Archives

RealClearScience Morning Edition

Monday, August 21
How We've Been Predicting Eclipses for 2,000 Years
Mary Beth Griggs, Pop Sci
The Story Behind the Greatest Eclipse Video
Eric Grundhauser, Atlas Obscura
The Most Extreme Way to Watch an Eclipse
Eric Adams, Wired
Dubious 'Brain Health Quiz' Used to Scare Patients
Steven Lubet, Undark
Why Robots Won't Put Humans Out of Work
David Henderson, Hoover Institution
ISS Astronauts Get Fresh Ice Cream Shipment
Wamsley & Delahoussaye, NPR
Wreckage of USS Indianapolis From WWII Found
Douglass Daniel, AP
The Doctors Who Used Science to Outwit the Nazis
Lucas Reilly, Mental Floss
Tuesday, August 22
Oceanic Fish Farms May Surpass Seafood Demand
Emma Bryce, Anthro
Do Black Holes Grow Faster Than They Evaporate?
Ethan Siegel, SWaB!
Voyager: Inside the World's Greatest Space Mission
Richard Hollingham, BBC
Ice Giants' 'Diamond Rain' Reproduced in Lab
Andrew Masterson, Cosmos
Unraveling the Mysteries of Turbulence
Davide Castelvecchi, Nature
Nocturnal Snowstorms Common on Mars?
Ashley Yeager, Sci News
Zebrafish Larvae Offer Personalized Cancer Testing
Mitch Leslie, SM
Street Drugs: Can We Vaccinate Against Them?
The Economist
Squids' Night Vision Enabled by Adaptive Proteins
Tim Wogan, PW
'R-Factor' Unlikely to Validate Research
Neuroskeptic, Discover
Wednesday, August 23
How to Build a Dyson Swarm Around the Sun
Ross Pomeroy, RCScience
Does Talcum Powder Really Cause Ovarian Cancer?
Carl Nierenberg, LS
Cursory Knowledge of Science Breeds Skepticism
John Timmer, Ars Tech
Testosterone Linked to Impulsiveness, Again
The Economist
Deep Seas Are Alive With Light
William J. Broad, NY Times
'Cyborg' Bacteria Produce Fuel Source From Sunlight
Matt McGrath, BBC
Theft of South African Relics Riles Researchers
Sarah Wild, Nature News
Tiny Antennas Created for Tiny Tech
Maria Temming, Science News
Sex-Specific Drugs: Are They Necessary?
Benjamin Plackett, Inside Sci
Chinese Telescope Threatened by Internal Dispute
Ling Xin, Physics World
Thursday, August 24
Civil War Submarine Mystery Solved
Ben Upton, Nature News
Unexpected Cancer Cure Inspired by HIV Research
Lila Abassi, ACSH
Mars' Bow Shock Captured by Orbiting Craft
Matt Williams, Universe Today
How Would We Pay Interstellar Workers?
Drishti Rai, RealClearScience
Novel Treatment Reverses Osteoporosis in Mice
Elizabeth Finkel, CM
Preprint Exchange Tested by Biologists 50 Years Ago
Jocelyn Kaiser, SM
New Arctic Radar Will Monitor Space Weather
Jonathan Amos, BBC News
Bizarre Birth Control Practiced by Wolf Spiders
Joshua Learn, Smithsonian
Ancient Dolphin Relative Sported 'Vacuum Snout'
Charles Q. Choi, Live Sci
All-Weather Imaging Satellites Soon to Launch
Eric Berger, Ars Technica
Friday, August 25
Fear of Alien Annihilation Is Totally Unfounded
Ethan Siegel, SWaB!
Babylonian Tablet May Improve Modern Math?
Carl Engelking, Discover
Invasive Mammals: a Solution Not a Problem
Brandon Keim, Anthropocene
Megadoses of B Vitamins Linked to Lung Cancer?
Elizabeth Finkel, CM
Fatal Infection Passed From Rabbit to Dog to Human
Sara Miller, Live Sci
Why Would the EU Stop Bayer's Acquisition of Monsanto?
Alex Berezow, ACSH
Privacy Not a Personal Choice on Social Media
Bethany Brookshire, Sci News
Cow-less Leather Produced by Genetic Engineering
The Economist
Stretching Carbon Nanotube 'Yarn' Yields Electricity
John Timmer, Ars Tech
20,000 Animals to Be Mapped by 3D Scanning Campaign
Ryan Cross, SM
Sunday, August 27
Why 'Spooky Action at a Distance' Is Inevitable
Ryan Mandelbaum, Gizmodo
'Dark DNA' Could Change Thinking on Evolution
Adam Hargreaves, Conversation
Will Harvey Bring About a Predicted Disaster?
Karen K. Ho, CJR
Scientists Finally Revealing the Life of the Dodo
Helen Briggs, BBC News
Eteplirsen: A Curious Scientific Controversy
Neuroskeptic, Discover
Was John Oliver's Nuclear Waste Rant Misleading?
Steven Novella, Neurologica
Farming Caused Big Changes to Human Skull
Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph
Why Men Don’t Believe the Data on Gender Bias
Alison Coil, Wired
GMOs and Organic Don't Need to Be at War
Andrew Porterfield, Genetic Lit Proj
Five Traits That Define a Cat's Personality
Ross Pomeroy, RCScience
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