Rebecca Flowers
Microbiomes
Our Microbiomes Are Making Scientists Question What it Means to Be Human
Are we people or a "megaorganism?"
Rebecca Flowers
3.7.18
plastic oceans
Watch a Man Swim Through an Ocean of Trash Off the Coast of Bali
A startling reminder that humans have a huge impact on the ocean.
Rebecca Flowers
3.7.18
plastic oceans
Watch a Man Swim Through an Ocean of Trash Off the Coast of Bali
A startling reminder that humans have a huge impact on the ocean.
Rebecca Flowers
3.6.18
Arctic Heat Wave
It's the Middle of Winter and the Temperature at the North Pole Is Above Freezing
The sun won't rise at the North Pole for nearly a month, and yet you could still walk around there with just a normal winter coat.
Rebecca Flowers
2.26.18
Cloudflare Terminates Service to 'The Pirate Bay of Science'
Supporters tell Sci-Hub to “stay strong” while academic publications celebrate their victory.
Rebecca Flowers
2.9.18
biomimicry
This ‘Skin’ Is as Hard as Artificial Tooth Enamel and Can Heal Itself
Oh, and it's antibacterial, too.
Rebecca Flowers
1.31.18
choked
11 Billion Pieces of Plastic Are Making Coral Reefs Sick
Plastic is suffocating and infecting coral reefs.
Rebecca Flowers
1.30.18
choked
11 Billion Pieces of Plastic Are Making Coral Reefs Sick
Plastic is suffocating and infecting coral reefs.
Rebecca Flowers
1.29.18
2070
Half-Assed Solar Geoengineering Is Worse Than Climate Change Itself
A cautionary tale for messing with the environment.
Rebecca Flowers
1.23.18
major laser
Researchers Examined the Feasibility of Cleaning Orbital Junk With a Space-Based Laser Station
For safer space exploration in the future.
Rebecca Flowers
1.18.18
robots
This Machine Is Designed to Grow Internal Organs
Robotics might be the future of surgery.
Rebecca Flowers
1.10.18
HOTY2017
The Pilot Using Drones to Empower Marginalized Communities
Rhianna Lakin deploys drones to help people in need, and she's training others to do the same.
Rebecca Flowers
1.8.18
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