Erin Biba
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New York, NY, United States
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Huge New Review Of Fracking's Health Hazards Will Help U.S. Communities Fight It
A sweeping report that evolved from work that helped ban fracking in New York State has been released to help the American public fight the practice as it pops up elsewhere across the country. Published last week by the Physicians for Social Responsibility (the group that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its work... → Read More
Huge New Review of Fracking's Health Hazards Will Help Communities Fight It
A sweeping report that evolved from work that helped ban fracking in New York State has been released to help the public fight the practice as it pops up elsewhere across the country. Published last week by the Physicians for Social Responsibility (the group that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its work educating the public on the dangers of nuclear war) and the Concerned Health… → Read More
How to Convert Earth’s Plastic Pandemic Into Fuel
Our world is drowning in plastic waste—but these scientists think they have a way to turn all those empty water bottles into a fuel source. → Read More
Your Cheap-Arse Bee House Is Probably Killing The Bees
It’s a noble cause—trying to help bees thrive as populations face catastrophic collapse. One of the ways folks have been doing this recently is by purchasing bee houses. Bees will build their nests and lay their larvae inside these cute little tube-filled wood boxes, which have become prevalent at garden centres.... → Read More
These Magnetic Microbots Will Scrub Your Teeth Clean
‘They can be swarmed to work like a Roomba, you can program them to move in specific movements and locomotion to create scrubbing.’ → Read More
We’ll All Soon Be Wearing Biodegradable Glitter
Glitter, like all microplastics, is disastrous for the environment. What if there was a greener way to glow? → Read More
When You Eat This Mini Robot, It Crawls Around Your Organs
This cool little robot will help doctors see the inside of your guts. → Read More
This Toilet Will Predict if You’ll Have Heart Failure
The best way to monitor patients with heart disease might be with a simple hack of their bathroom habits. → Read More
In the Future, Your Clothes Will Warn You of Dangerous Gases
‘We realized we could provide a way that people can see the pollution in their environment.’ → Read More
Coming to an ER Near You: Slug Slime
The glop has the amazing ability to be sticky without sticking to the slugs themselves. → Read More
Can Flying Cars Help Save the Planet?
Scientists are trying to tweak the Jetsons-era dream for a climate-change future. → Read More
Erin Biba: Everything Americans think they know about recycling is probably wrong
Recyling is important, but a lot of the products Americans put in their recyling bins end up in landfills anyway. → Read More
Scientists Could Soon Resurrect The Woolly Mammoth
Bringing an extinct species back to life was once firmly in the realm of science fiction, but as genetic engineering advances rapidly, the prospect of a woolly mammoth again breathing and walking on Earth seems almost within reach. Before fully resurrecting the mammoth, synthetic biologists at the Revive and Restore... → Read More
Scientists Could Soon Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth—but Should They?
The science of de-extinction raises amazing prospects, but it's also an ethical minefield. → Read More
‘There’s No Such Thing as a Cleanse’: The Shaky Science Behind Fasting and Detoxes
If your body contains toxins that need to be removed, you don’t need a fast or a cleanse—you need a liver transplant. → Read More
The Scientists Who Play With Wildfire
When fire scientist Albert Simeoni wants to study wildfires, he can’t exactly run into the nearest blaze with sensors and data collection tools. It’s simply too dangerous and these conflagrations, though they’re becoming more frequent and intense with climate change, aren’t predictable enough to research in... → Read More
The Scientists Who Play With Wildfire
When fire scientist Albert Simeoni wants to study wildfires, he can’t exactly run into the nearest blaze with sensors and data collection tools. It’s simply too dangerous and these conflagrations, though they’re becoming more frequent and intense with climate change, aren’t predictable enough to research in the controlled manner that science demands. → Read More
Our Warming Planet Is Changing How Hurricanes Work
It’s certain that climate change is affecting hurricane season. → Read More
The Daredevil Scientists Who Fly Into Hurricanes
As a hurricane forms, scientists behind the scenes work feverishly to understand the storm. And the best way to do that is to fly a plane right into its massive center. → Read More
Why Are Hurricanes So Hard to Predict? And Answers to Your Other Monster Storm Questions
Just in time for hurricane season, we’re diving into the most basic yet puzzling questions about these amazing and scary storms. → Read More