Farnia Fekri
blockchain
How to Understand Blockchains With Scrabble
This modified game of Scrabble called Scrabits is fast, chaotic, and educational.
Farnia Fekri
7.20.18
Environment
Doug Ford, Canada’s Version of Trump, Is Waging His Own War on the Environment
Doug Ford is already cutting the GreenON fund, and said that the cap-and-trade program will be his first priority as premier of Ontario.
Farnia Fekri
6.22.18
humans of the year
Carrie Goldberg Is Fighting Revenge Porn One Court Case at a Time
“I am one of my clients.”
Farnia Fekri
4.30.17
humans of the year
Kendra Kuhl Is Building a Device That Turns Pollution Into Products
The CTO of Opus 12 has been trying to help the environment since she was a grad student.
Farnia Fekri
4.28.17
humans of the year
Startup Founder Thuy Truong’s Latest Venture Is Giving People the Will to Fight Cancer
After several of her promising business ventures ended, the 32-year-old received a shocking diagnosis. Now she’s using her experiences to help others.
Farnia Fekri
4.21.17
Motherboard Homepage
Scientists Recreated the Elusive Rogue Wave in a Lab
Do wind patterns have anything to do with these destructive deep-ocean monsters?
Farnia Fekri
4.9.17
the motion of the ocean
Scientists Recreated the Elusive Rogue Wave in a Lab
Do wind patterns have anything to do with these destructive deep-ocean monsters?
Farnia Fekri
4.9.17
FEAR OF FLYING
Climate Change Will Make Airplane Turbulence Much Worse
As CO2 emissions increase, flights will be bumpier too.
Farnia Fekri
4.6.17
humans of the year
Physicist Mary Gaillard Has Spent Over Three Decades Fighting For Women in Science
She was Berkeley's first tenured female physics professor, and she's still fighting for equality.
Farnia Fekri
4.5.17
information bubbles
Liberals and Conservatives Are Reading Totally Different Science Books
In a new study, researchers were hoping science would be a bridge. That didn’t happen.
Farnia Fekri
4.3.17
SURVEILLANCE
This Map Will Show If Your Web Traffic Passes Through an NSA Listening Post
IXmaps wants to “make visible the secret, dangerous, often illegal forms of surveillance that are increasingly becoming part of everyday life.”
Farnia Fekri
3.28.17
Motherboard Homepage
Keystone XL Is Back From the Dead, And Environmentalists Are Ready to Fight
The Trump administration has issued a presidential permit for construction to begin.
Farnia Fekri
3.24.17
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