Reality Checks: Space Suits for Women, Mold Pigs, Faking Research, and Easier Access to HIV Drugs
NASA finally has a spacesuit that fits women. (via News&Observer) Mold pigs! ( via gizmodo) Making up claims about men’s drinking and fetal heart defects. (via Ars Technica) California will make HIV prevention drugs available sans prescription. (via NPR) Featured image credit: flickr
Reality Checks: Saturns Many Moons, the Impeachment Story Thus Far, Car Pedestrian Detection, and the Continuing Scourge of Cholera
Saturn has the most moons in the solar system. (via National Geographic) The impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump thus far. ( via Vox) Cars don’t detect pedestrians very well. (via Ars Technica) Cholera in the 21st century. (via NPR) Featured image credit: flickr
Reality Checks: Facial Recognition for Astronomy, Fraudulent Genetic Testing, Incompetent IT, and Some Tips for Dealing with Insecurity
Facial recognition tech for astronomy. (via Digital Trends) 35 people arrested in massive genetic testing fraud. (via Reuters) Baltimore city kept ALL of its data on local drives. (via Ars Technica) Tips for dealing with insecurity. (via NPR) Featured image credit: flickr
Reality Checks: Investigating Environmental Activism as Domestic Terrorism, Setting Fire to the Homeless, FCC Loses in Court, and Impeachment Inquiries Vs Trump
The FBI targeted environmental activists in domestic terror investigations. (via The Guardian) 2 men investigated for setting fire to a homeless encampment, starting a brush fire in California. (via LAtimes) FCC versus the court on how media ownership affects women and minorities. (via Ars Technica) Formal impeachment inquiry against Trump …
Reality Checks: City of Women Map, Banning Abortion Worldwide, Ebola in Tanzania, and Greta Thunberg on Climate Change
Leaked letter suggests the US wants UN member states to ban abortion. (via The Guardian) Renaming the NYC subway for women (via 6sqft) Tanzania is sketchily denying claims of ebola. (via Ars Technica) Greta Thunberg has harsh words for the world leaders of the UN on climate change. ( via The NPR) …
Reality Checks: Mushrooms for Life, the Sackler Family Continues to be the WORST, Life Supporting Planet (?!) and Rape as First Sexual Experience
Mushrooms could save humanity. (via Business Insider) Sackler Family hiding money to avoid paying settlement in oxycontin suit. I mean, allegedly. (via Ars Technica) Expolanet k2-18b might support life! (via techtimes) 1 in 16 women report first sexual experience as rape. (via NPR) Featured image credit via flickr
Reality Checks: Ancient Rhino Teeth Genes, Mongol Mass Graves, Terrifying Kangaroos, and Money for Disasters.
Extracting genetic info from ancient rhino tooth. (via the independent) Mass grave from mongol invasion of Russia. (via Ars Technica) Horrifying prehistoric kangaroos. (via newsweek) Give money, not stuff, in disasters. (via NPR) Featured image credit via flickr
Reality Checks: Explosive Titanic Craters, Biased Algorithms, Thermal Regulations via Holes in Head, and Telepsychiatry for Rural Healthcare
Titan lakes could be explosion craters. (via phys.org) Court algorithms that favor white people. (via Ars Technica) T-Rex’s used holes in their head for thermal regulation. (via weather.com) Telepsychiatry and rural healthcare access. (via NPR) Featured image credit via flickr