Stuff YOU Should Know
Reconsidering Facial Recognition Technology Imagine that you are accused by law enforcement of a crime you didn’t commit. Imagine that the reason for your arrest is that you were misidentified by flawed facial recognition technology. Following the protests surrounding George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Democrats in Congress have been considering widespread police reform. One of […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Pipeline Diplomacy Last Friday in Afghanistan, construction began on a $22.5 billion dollar natural gas pipeline that will stretch 1,127 miles and carry 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Here in the United States, a pipeline of that size would probably lead to public anger and protests. But in Central Asia, the opposite […]
Wave Power
You’ve heard of solar power and wind-generated power. But what about power that comes from ocean waves? That’s right: the U.S. government is spending up to $40 million to build a new wave energy test facility six miles off the coast of Newport, Oregon. But wave-generated power may be more complicated than it initially seems. […]
The Largest Protected Area on Earth
There is a cluster of uninhabited islands and coral reefs located in the Pacific Ocean that collectively make up the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This land and the waters that surround it currently encompasses around 140,000 square miles. Last month, President Obama announced that he has signed legislation to expand its boundaries to the north […]