These Updating Charts Show How The US Coronavirus Outbreak Compares To Those In Other Countries
Follow the latest COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths in countries that have been hit hard.
These Updating Charts Show How The Coronavirus Is Spreading Across The US
Follow the latest data on COVID-19 cases and deaths in the US.
These Updating Charts And Maps Show How The Coronavirus Is Spreading Across The World
Follow the latest data on COVID-19 cases and deaths.
The Activist Group MeTooSTEM Is Facing Allegations Of Harassment Against Its Own Leader
BethAnn McLaughlin, founder of MeTooSTEM, has repeatedly been accused of harassing behavior, especially toward people of color.
A Court Tried To Force Ancestry.com To Open Up Its DNA Database To Police. The Company Said No.
A Pennsylvania court’s move to issue a search warrant to Ancestry.com sets off a legal struggle that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
This DNA Testing Firm Said It Wanted To Bring Closure To Families Of Murder Victims. Then It Blocked A Rival From Using Its Database To Solve Crimes.
“When we are talking about solving cold case murders or rapes, you hate to see that suffer because of disagreements or competition,” said one victim advocate.
Data From A Top Geneticist’s Lab Was Flagged To A Major UK University. It Didn’t Launch A Formal Investigation Until A Decade Later.
An email obtained by BuzzFeed News shows that University College London was aware of allegations of falsified data in research by geneticist David Latchman’s lab a decade before it launched a formal investigation.
This Was The Decade We Woke Up To The Climate Crisis — But Failed To Act
Our carbon footprint got even bigger in the 2010s. We can’t afford to do that again.
6 Extremely Depressing Climate Records We Broke This Decade
The climate crisis is already here — and it's only getting worse.
10 Years Ago, DNA Tests Were The Future Of Medicine. Now They’re A Social Network — And A Data Privacy Mess.
We were offered personalized medicine. Instead, we got Facebook for our DNA.
The Genealogy Website That Helped Crack The Golden State Killer Case Has Been Bought By A Forensic Genetics Firm
Crime scene DNA sequencing company Verogen has just acquired GEDmatch, a genealogy database credited with helping to solve some 70 rapes and murders.
Your Dumb Tweets Are Getting Flagged To People Trying To Stop School Shootings
Schools are using a dragnet to scan social media for threats. They're finding a lot of jokes on Twitter.
This Map Shows The Wildfire Risks That Are Causing California’s Utilities To Cut Off Power
Parched conditions, high winds, and utilities’ fears about incurring huge liabilities have triggered widespread precautionary power outages.
How Jeffrey Epstein Bought His Way Into An Exclusive Intellectual Boys Club
The Edge Foundation runs what has been called the “world’s smartest website” and held annual “billionaires’ dinners.” It was also financed by Jeffrey Epstein and gave him access to elite circles in science and tech.
In 2011, Jeffrey Epstein Was A Known Sex Offender. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, And Sergey Brin Dined With Him Anyway.
After pleading guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, Jeffrey Epstein spent part of 2011 reintroducing himself to elite society. A March 2011 dinner with the most powerful figures in tech showed just how connected he was.
At Least 8 People Are Dead And Dozens More Missing In A California Boat Fire
“I can’t breathe,” said one man in a mayday call picked up by the US Coast Guard.
These Maps Show Where Hurricane Dorian Could Hit Hardest
Follow these forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Links To Scientists Are Even More Extensive Than We Thought
Scientists took Epstein’s money or associated with the financier after he was jailed for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. Some say they are sorry. Others didn’t comment.
Sea Ice In The Arctic Is Shrinking Toward What Could Be A Record Low This Summer
Every summer, Arctic sea ice retreats and the Greenland ice sheet shrinks. This year is tracking close to the record melt of 2012.
These Maps Show How Many Cities Are Much Hotter Than Their Surroundings
Big cities typically amplify summer heat. In a heat wave, those few extra degrees can be a killer.