Warmer waters are fueling stronger, snowier storms—at least for now. Here’s how scientists think this phenomenon will evolve as the planet gets hotter. Steam is seen rising off a frozen Lake Michigan ...

In 1961, MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz was inputting numbers into a weather prediction program. His model was based on a dozen variables, the value of one being .506127. When he ran the model again, ...

Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But with any newly popular device, it can be easy to immediately jump onto the ...

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James Fisher-Clegg is a freelance writer from Vancouver, Washington. He graduated from Eastern Washington University where he earned a degree in Film. In high school, he discovered his love of ...

Assembled entirely from archival footage, this potent documentary, playing the Telluride Film Festival, charts how U.S. policy on climate change morphed from serious good intentions to outright denial ...

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Thousands of Americans believe they experienced rare but serious side effects. But confirming a link is a difficult task. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli spent more than a year talking to ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a disturbing cognitive bias that afflicts us all. People with limited expertise in an area tend to overestimate how much they know—and we all have gaps in our ...

In the iconic “Psycho” shower scene, extreme close-ups of a terror-stricken woman’s face are juxtaposed with shots depicting a knife-wielding intruder. Although no actual violence is shown onscreen, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick In Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Lucy Prebble’s play, Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell are a couple who fall in love during a pharmaceutical ...