NSF unwittingly hired a professor guilty of bullying, highlighting the ‘pass the harasser’ problem
U.S. universities are taking steps to learn more about job candidates without violating privacy".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
See the new Star Wars–like display that could ‘revolutionize’ virtual reality
A new technology offers moving images, sound, and even touch".
Watch the Arctic’s sea ice slowly disappear
Researchers visualize 35 years of sea ice shrinkage".
EPA’s ‘secret science’ plan is back, and critics say it’s worse
Proposal would allow U.S. regulators to ignore many health studies".
How to make an Arctic ship ‘vanish,’ and how fast-moving spikes are heating the Sun’s atmosphere
On this week’s show: How researchers studying the Arctic contend with contamination from their noisy, smoky, and bright research ship, and how fast-moving spikes on the Sun’s surface may be powering the tremendous heat of the solar atmosphere".
This ‘two-faced’ membrane can create electricity—from nothing but salty water
New membrane acts as one-way path for charged particles".
This tiny wasp-inspired drone can pull 40 times its own weight
The FlyCroTug can also open doors, inspect buildings".
Watch these wooden sponges wick up spilled oil
Reusable sponges can hold more than 40 times their weight in oil".
Children sue the U.S. government over climate change, and how mice inherit their gut microbes
On this week’s show: Children put climate change on trial in U.S. courts, and the surprising fidelity of gut microbes passed down 10 generations".
Neanderthals’ barrel chests might not have been any bigger than ours
But they may have breathed deeper thanks to wide lower ribs".
