In early March, a series of explosions in the Equatorial Guinea city of Bata rocked the harbor and demolished buildings. Over 100 people died in the explosion or of the resulting injuries, and the country’s long-running president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo blamed the military’s mishandling of a stockpile of dynamite
There has been much ink spilled over the topic of artificial intelligence. Movies and books often warn of the cold, calculating learning machine that decides it no longer needs its human makers. Just as common are the treatises from AI experts who comfort us by reminding us that AI can
When you think about how visual information relayed through a headset could change the world, you might be thinking of virtual reality. After all, there are constant ads for VR headsets and immersive videogames that take the user to a virtual landscape. However, VR has limitations that make it far
Assuming that humanity does nothing to prevent the runaway escalation of global warming into a full-blown climate catastrophe, the future looks bleak and miserable. While world governments make the most glacial progress on grinding to some kind of climate action, the planet continues to get hotter, and natural disasters become
You might have seen those fun little ads online claiming you can get closer to your roots if you take a DNA test to learn about your genetic makeup. The ads make it seem like a fun, harmless little endeavor to get in touch with distant relatives and enjoy the
Global climate change is warming the planet up at an alarming rate. This comes with a whole slew of challenges to life as we know it: everything from rising sea levels to more intense weather disasters follows in the wake of rising global temperatures. However, there’s yet another aspect of
For decades, scientists have looked to our nearest planetary neighbors in search of evidence of life among the stars. So far, all evidence points to a chilling and, ultimately, unusual likelihood: we’re probably all alone, at least in this pocket of the universe. However, some believe that the discovery of
Two major vaccines got emergency authorization for use in the US early on: one from Pfizer, and another from Moderna. These two vaccines share a lot of characteristics in common, including their efficacy and the ways they have to be stored and administered. Those two vaccines, while highly effective at
Before the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and 2021 broke out into the world with a fury unseen by humans in a century, medical experts the world over would have told you that much of the developed world was more than ready to handle a pandemic. At the top of the
One of the most frustrating aspects of the vaccine rollout has been how little some media outlets and medical professionals are pushing for the angle of how safe they are. Many articles and reports indicate that the vaccines are extremely safe, and are great at preventing serious illness from COVID-19.
