An Election Week Case Surge, Vaccine Progress, and More Coronavirus News
[ad_1] Cases rise as election results come in, vaccines and treatments advance, and the reach of screening and tracing technology...
‘Keep Mars Weird’ Is a Hilarious Satire of Austin
[ad_1] In Neal Pollack’s humorous sci-fi novel Keep Mars Weird, young people flock to Mars in search of the ultimate...
15 Fun Gift Ideas for Mom and Dad (2020)
[ad_1] Shopping for your parents this holiday season is a little different. This year has probably left Mom and Dad,...
The 6 Best Coffee Delivery Subscription Boxes (2020)
[ad_1] Atlas delivers great single-origin beans from all over the world. Unlike Trade Coffee, it roasts those beans itself in...
An Election Forecaster Reflects: We Have Too Many Polls
[ad_1] An earth scientist colleague wrote to me this week to ask about the election. In the climate-forecasting business, he...
Trump’s Bogus Ballot Lawsuits Are the Mark of an Autocrat
[ad_1] Votes in the US presidential election are still being counted and made official, and throughout this process, media outlets...
Feds Seize $1 Billion in Stolen Silk Road Bitcoins
[ad_1] More than seven years have passed since Ross Ulbricht was arrested in the science fiction section of a San...
Voters Rejecting the War on Drugs Is a Win for Public Health
[ad_1] As election night ended in the United States, people went to bed still wondering who had won the presidential...
23 Everyday Products Made of Recycled Materials (2020)
[ad_1] Making eco-friendly decisions can be tricky. We want to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and slow the spread of...
So How Wrong Were the Polls This Year, Really?
[ad_1] Going into Election Day, forecasters predicted a Joe Biden victory, but cautioned that Donald Trump still had a chance....
With $200 Million, Uber and Lyft Write Their Own Labor Law
[ad_1] Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and California’s other gig companies emerged victorious Tuesday night, as voters endorsed a ballot measure that...
Philly’s Ballot-Counting Livestream Is the Only Thing Worth Watching Today
[ad_1] It is possible that watching hours of inconclusive election results deep into the night has poisoned your brain. It...
The Xenobot Future Is Coming—Start Planning Now
[ad_1] In July 2017, I sat in on a closed-door meeting coordinated by the State Department and the National Academies...
Donald Trump Hasn’t Won Anything Yet
[ad_1] Take Pennsylvania, which Trump currently leads by over 14 percentage points. Over 3 million registered voters requested mail-in ballots...
How to Watch the Election 2020 Results Tonight—and Beyond
[ad_1] Election Day is finally here. There are as many ways to follow—or ignore, it's fine!—election results as there are...
Despite Hacking Fears, Election Day Has a Mostly Smooth Start
[ad_1] Russia's meddling in the 2016 United States presidential campaign season and election sparked an unprecedented push to secure election...
Can I Vote Online? Your Voting Questions, Answered
[ad_1] Hard as it is to believe, Election Day 2020 is finally here. As the presidential race between Donald Trump...
OK, You’ve Just Won the Election. Now Fix Covid
[ad_1] On Election Day this year, some 100,000 Americans will be diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Perhaps...