Yes, data can produce better policy—but it's no substitute for real-world experience
Governments like to boast that "data-driven" policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect ...
Astronomers discover doomed pair of spiraling stars on our cosmic doorstep
University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...
'It's gone': Conservation science in Thailand's burning forest
Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smoldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting ...
Clamping down on 'forever chemicals'
Contaminating water and soil, human-made "forever chemicals" widely used since the mid-20th century, are facing increasing ...
Crops under threat as surprise March heat wave hits Central Asia: study
A surprise heat wave hit Central Asia in March, a new study published Friday showed, putting in danger crops and water supply ...
Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel
Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists ...
The race to save the Amazon's bushy-bearded monkeys
One morning in 2024, Armando Schlindwein found an orange-bearded monkey on the roof of his farmhouse on the edge of the ...
Flooding in southeastern Oregon prompts evacuation orders, school closures and health concerns
Flooding in rural southeastern Oregon from what authorities have described as "historic levels" of snowmelt and rainfall has ...
On water recycling, Nevada leads other states, report finds
When it comes to recycling the most precious resource in the Colorado River Basin, Nevada leads six other states, a new ...
'Making memories' via social media is an increasingly 'crucial' part of live events
Eventgoers' live experiences are shaped by media technologies like social media, whether used in the moment or not, and ...
Dialysis device that uses nanoelectrokinetic technology could be used as portable artificial kidney
A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This ...
SMEs' ability to innovate is strongly tied to the learning and decision-making skills of managers
The ways in which CEOs learn, apply what they have learned, and make decisions are significant to the innovative capabilities of subject matter experts (SMEs), states Jutta Mäkipelkola in her doctoral ...