Origin and Evolution of Earth (Timescale), Black English & Democracy and Data

There’s Nothing Wrong With Black English

Accepting it as an alternative form of the language, and not a degraded one, requires being open to artists employing it in their work, even if they didn’t grow up speaking it.

A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth

A new study has used a combination of genomic and fossil data to explain the history of life on Earth, from its origin to the present day.

Who needs democracy when you have data?

Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance.

PaleoDEMs: Map the Earth’s Changing Topography Over the last 540 Million Years

Users can download paleogeographic datasets reconstructing paleotopography and paleobathymetry dating back to 540 millions years ago.

A “GPS for inside your body”

CSAIL wireless system suggests future where doctors could implant sensors to track tumors or even dispense drugs.