Optimizing fisheries management for economics make them more sustainable
Lower fishing costs, higher quality catches, all with healthy fish populations.
Scientific Method / Science & Exploration
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CDC braces for Zika’s US invasion as scientists watch virus melt fetal brain
Experts prepare for pockets of transmission on US mainland as mosquito season begins.
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God hates climate scientists: Ars meets the Westboro Baptist Church
The infamous hate group thinks studying climate science is interfering in God's plan.
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“I didn’t mean to” doesn’t count for much in some societies
The significance of the moral intent behind an action is weighed differently.
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BLOODY CRAPSHOOT
Theranos blood tests often wildly wrong and may be shut down by feds
Report shows tests fail even internal company standards.
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The first telephoto lens used on the Moon is going up for auction
Lightly used. Well traveled. Operates in extreme cold. May contain lunar dust.
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POTUS advisors vote for Superbug Czar but go soft on farm antibiotic use
Critics say experts are not doing enough to curb use of drugs in agriculture.
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Feature Story
Forget Tolkien, the scientific tale of real-life “hobbits” is even more complex
After recently correcting an error, H. floresiensis suddenly makes a bit more sense.
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New model shows Antarctica alone could raise sea level a meter by 2100
And they keep going up for centuries, possibly reaching 12 meters.
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Creepy experiment uses implanted electrodes to make beetles run faster
This "biobot" is half-computer, half-beetle, and you can control how it moves.
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Things that go boom
Mad Mike postpones Texas canyon jump after “brutal” rocket tests
The would-be King of the Daredevils wants to ensure the "bad boy" doesn't misfire.
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Major Tim to ground control: Moon a logical stepping stone to Mars
As a non-NASA astronaut, Peake can express a preference for going back to the Moon.
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Brains!
IBM’s brain-inspired chip finds a home at Livermore National Lab
A cluster of True North processors will mimic 16 million neurons.
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Fisherman who has kept USGS buoy for 10 weeks: All I want is compensation
Daniel Sherer: "You don't even know how much stress this has put me under."
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Enceladus’ geysers may persist for millions of years
A new model goes some way toward balancing the books on their energetic costs.
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TEST TEST RESULTS
Long-awaited Theranos data shows irregularities that could affect care
Company, which still has not published data, criticized new independent study.
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Rare example of lost language found on stone hidden 2500 years ago
This could change our understanding of the mysterious Etruscan civilization in Italy.
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PEW, PEW, NOM, NOM
Having a fridge laser could spare you from food poisoning
New method promises to cheaply and easily detect wriggling bacteria on your grub.
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DON'T STOP REACHING
Scientists regenerate spinal cord in injured rats with stem cells
Stem cell patch reconnects critical nerves; long road ahead to human trials.
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The Moon’s ice deposits suggest it has had a wobbly past
Polar ice deposits suggest the Moon's axis shifted in the past.
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2.5 million lines of code and counting
NASA launch system software upgrade now 77% over budget
As with its big rocket, NASA chose an expensive, kluge-it-together software plan.
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2 men take US gov’t ocean science buoy, now want to “sell” it back for $13,000
"If you lose something in the ocean, it doesn't stay yours forever."
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“Mad” Mike built a rocket so he can jump the Grand Canyon of Texas
One homemade rocket. 350mph. 4,000 pounds of thrust. And a ton of guts.
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hot hot hot
The “Pacific Extreme Pattern” predicts heat waves up to 50 days in advance
It's a major breakthrough in dangerous weather prediction
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OMG, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT HIS ANTIBIOTIC SCORE???
Best way to stop overprescribing antibiotics? Public shaming, of course
Doctors may be as irrational as the rest of us mere mortals, researchers say.
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