Saving Forests with Artificial Intelligence
By Norman Rusin The global trade in products made from illegally extracted timber is a multi-billion dollar industry. The World…
Year: 2016
Outwitting Poachers with Anti-Poaching AI
Every day, poachers kill tigers, elephants, rhinos, and other animals. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) is ready to curb poaching and protect the animals.
Soil Carbon Unstable After Clear-Cutting
Clear-cutting is chopping down all the trees in an area, as opposed to selective logging, which is removing only the mature trees.
Why Do We Laugh?
Laugh hard, laugh often. Why do we do it? Laughing is a universal human behavior that transcends language and culture, but why? VIDEO
Malaria Drugs: Herb Garden to Medicine Cabinet
Malaria kills 1 million people each year, most of whom are children in sub-Saharan Africa. Turning to nature for new…
Climate Change: Why Don’t We Worry More?
“If we could invent one risk that bypasses all of our psychological alarm systems, global climate change would be it,”…
North American Monkeys Older Than Previously Thought
By Emily Rhode @riseandsci With the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, North and South America became connected by a…
Modern Humans, Meet Your Denisovan Ancestors
Do you have Denisovan DNA? New research suggests that some present-day humans derive more of their ancestry from Denisovans than from Neanderthals.
Discovered: Nearby Planets that Could Host Life
MIT researchers found three potentially habitable planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star. Three planets, just 40 light years away from…
How Do Bees Make Honey?
How bees make honey, courtesy of Dr. Joe Hanson and PBS Digital Studios Western honey bees, or European honey bees,…