50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: April 2020  

Court Orders Shell to Slash Emissions in Historic Ruling

Share this on WhatsApp For the first time in history, a court yesterday ordered a private company, rather than a government, to curb its planet-warming pollution. Royal Dutch Shell PLC must slash its greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels, The Hague District Court ruled in a decision that could reverberate around the world. “This […]

Obama Talks Some Science Policy

Share this on WhatsApp Earlier today, April 14th, former President Barack Obama posted a 12-minute address in which he endorsed Joe Biden for president. No surprise there. And most of the address was about politics. Some of it, though, was about policy. You can’t completely decouple politics and policy, of course. But here are three […]

These Researchers are Putting Fly Babies into Virtual Reality

Share this on WhatsApp A new system called PiVR creates working artificial environments for small animals such as zebra fish larvae and fruit flies. Developers say the system’s affordability could help expand research into animal behavior.  Related Video Support Science Journalism Discover new insights into neuroscience, human behavior and mental health with Scientific American Mind. […]