BIG Problems – Page 131

Climate Pragmatism
By the Editor on March 7, 2012
In his Dot Earth blog, Andrew Revkin writes about Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute of the Environment at...
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The Flame Challenge
By the Editor on March 7, 2012
Scientists have recognized for some time that there is a harmful gap in understanding between their work and much...
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Memristors and the Computer Brain
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
Scientists working with electrical components called memristors have found that the components function similarly to brain cells and so...
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Does College Make Us More Liberal and Less Religious?
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
Does attending college actually make you more liberal and less religious? Research indicates that the answer is: not so...
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Behold the Cheetah Robot. The Singularity Is Nigh!
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
Big defense budgets during the aughts financed the deployment of thousands of robots, including unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles,...
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Alien Invaders Threaten Antarctic Fringes
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
The fringes of Antarctica are being invaded by alien plants and tiny animals, scientists have found. Researchers scoured the...
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Wind-Power Market Blows Cold
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
The climate is getting worse for wind-power companies, which are finding it increasingly difficult to attract venture backers. Investment...
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Modeling Strategy Can Help Trace Roots of Widespread Phenomena
By the Editor on March 5, 2012
Predicting the future is notoriously difficult, but uncovering the past can be just as tricky. Now researchers have developed...
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Scandinavian Trees May Have Survived Ice Age
By the Editor on March 3, 2012
Some Scandinavian trees survived the last Ice Age, challenging a widely held notion that they were killed off by...
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War on the World
By the Editor on March 2, 2012
How does war affect the planet? Research on this issue is pretty thin. The human and financial costs of...
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