Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields – but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenics
Smart people can have really bad ideas – like selectively breeding human beings to improve the species. Put into practice, Galton's concept proved discriminatory, damaging, even deadly.
Jan. 15, 2021 • ~9 min
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Why a green electricity grid depends on weather forecasts improving
Ramping up fossil power sources is no longer a good option in an energy-supply crisis. Bring in the weather forecasters.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~5 min
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What makes hurricanes stall, and why is that so hard to forecast?
Hurricane stalling has become common over the past half-century, and their average forward speed has also slowed.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~6 min
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What makes hurricanes stall, and why is it so hard to forecast?
Hurricane stalling has become common over the past half-century, and their average forward speed has also slowed.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~6 min
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Why do some hurricanes stall, and why is that so hard to forecast?
Hurricane stalling has become common over the past half-century, and their average forward speed has also slowed.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~6 min
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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so intense, it just ran out of storm names – and then two more storms formed
It's only happened twice since naming started in 1950, and there's an unusual twist to where many of the storms are forming this year.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~6 min
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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so intense, it just ran out of storm names
In an unusual twist, many of those storms have been forming closer to the US coast.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~6 min
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Hurricane Laura was the latest storm to strengthen fast, but is rapid intensification really becoming more common?
Laura went from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours, sending coastal residents scrambling to prepare. Hurricanes Harvey and Michael exploded in strength in similar ways.
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
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Hurricane Laura was the latest storm to strengthen fast, but is this rapid intensification really becoming more common?
Laura went from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours, sending coastal residents scrambling to prepare. Hurricanes Harvey and Michael exploded in strength in similar ways.
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
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Hurricane Laura was the latest storm with rapid intensification, but is this really becoming more common?
Laura went from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours, sending coastal residents scrambling to prepare. Hurricanes Harvey and Michael exploded in strength in similar ways.
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
climate-change hurricanes sea-surface-temperatures meteorology natural-disasters atmospheric-science oceans wind
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