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The New Yorker: Science & Technology.

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"Trump's E.P.A. seeks to deny science." Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 01 March 2025, 1534 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.newyorker.com. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).   View in browser  |   Update your preferences In today’s newsletter,  Bill McKibben on the Trump Administration’s plan to undermine the E.P.A. But, first, exploring the underwater archeology of the Middle Passage, and then: •  Elon Musk’s productivity dogma •  The global population implosion •  What the “slide” into techno-fascism looks like Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep. By Julian Lucas Illustration by Michael Kennedy On the way down ...

The New Yorker: Science & Technology.

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"Elon Musk's A.I.-driven government coup." Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 22 February 2025, 1607 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.newyorker.com. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).   View in browser  |   Update your preferences In today’s newsletter,  from our 100th Anniversary Issue, the humans helping birds learn to adapt, and then: •  Bill McKibben on Trump’s self-coronation •  Elon Musk and the tech industry’s slide into right-wing politics •  The software C.E.O. advocating for the military-industrial complex The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts. By Nick Paumgarten Photograph by Mathias Depardon fo...