We still don’t know where Covid-19 started, although we’re pretty sure it started in or near the city of Wuhan, China. The leading theories are that it started either in the Huanan Wholesale Seafood ...
From climate change to vaccines, science seems under attack everywhere on every topic, though often for reasons having little to do with actual research and evidence. Science should always be ...
Every day, forensic examiners compare pieces of evidence (e.g., fingerprints, bullets) and decide whether they “match”—i.e., came from the same source (e.g., person, gun). These decisions hold obvious ...
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Zachary del Rosario receives funding from the National Science Foundation, and has worked with Citrine Informatics and Toyota Research Institute. When analyzing a set of data, one of the first steps ...
Brenner is a physician-scientist and president and chief executive officer of Sanford Burnham Prebys and lives in La Jolla. From climate change to vaccines, science seems under attack everywhere on ...