Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Students consider how plowing and planting affects erosion on hilly terrain. Everything is connected. That’s the single most important lesson about human…
…graph). Earth’s temperature is rising today, likely because of human emissions of greenhouse gases. But 56 million years ago, there were no human emissions; there were no humans. What caused…
…learn that humans and fruit flies share a core set of genes comprising 60% of their genomes, and further, that 90% of mouse and human genes are similar to each…
…years.1 A technique announced in January 2009 promises to make DNA sequencing 30,000 times faster, sequencing an entire human genome in less than 30 minutes for under $1,000.2 This technique…
“Very few see science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to catch close views of things never…
…this learning process look like? Does it look like human intelligence? Linguists and computer scientists alike explore these questions. AI is the branch of computer science involved with building computational…
…Human cognition and the challenge of automated scoring Table 1. The four levels of difficulty of the three-resistor challenge. All levels require that team members achieve the desired goal voltage…
…pandemic is holding true to the characteristics of other natural hazards—the unparalleled damage and loss, the human actions that either propel or pause progress, and the overwhelming uncertainty felt by…
…“It helps me figure out the stories I want to tell,” she adds. “There are so many topics about the human condition that haven’t been explored.” One fundamental human condition…
…to sustainability and minimizing human impact on the environment. Earth Day 2020 comes in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has radically changed our lives and our world. At…