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As the zoo prepares to welcome two giant pandas from China, its director Brandie Smith discusses the departure of their predecessors, Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and a three-year-old cub.
National statistics systems should recognize the researchers whose ideas drive artificial-intelligence applications, not just machines and factory outputs.
In June 2004, the results of an ambitious Antarctic ice-drilling project brought insight into hundreds of thousands of years of climatic changes. The extraordinary sample still has much to offer climate research — even as its successor is being drilled.
An ‘evidence bank’ could synthesize research to show how well different policies — from carbon taxes to the promotion of electric vehicles — work to address climate change. Plus, a satellite made from magnolia wood and whether scientists make good presidents.