Average home is more spacious now than ever – here's why that's a problem for the environment
Larger homes with fewer occupants have a bigger energy and heating demand.
March 27, 2020 • ~6 min
Connecting the dots between climate change and health care
Bringing climate change into the examining room by discussing links between a warming environment and the everyday health of patients.
Feb. 10, 2020 • ~16 min
Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally
The effectiveness of non-mechanical, low-energy methods for moderating temperature and humidity has been evaluated in a series of experiments by researchers from the University of Cambridge.
Nov. 20, 2019 • ~5 min
Urgency of climate change may be understated in intergovernmental panel report
The world’s oceans, glaciers, and ice caps are under assault by climate change. The Gazette spoke with former Obama science adviser John Holdren about the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report examining the threat.
Oct. 2, 2019 • ~14 min
Harvard study: Artificial neural networks could be used to provide insight into biological systems
Martin Haesemeyer set out to build an artificial neural network that worked differently than fish’s brains, but what he got was a system that almost perfectly mimicked the zebrafish — and that could be a powerful tool for understanding biology.
Aug. 27, 2019 • ~6 min
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