Kate Lunau
Pregnant Researchers Often Get No Lab Safety Guidance
I spoke with eight women who had to lean on their own scientific expertise to guide them through one or more pregnancies while working in a laboratory.
‘Redistributing Sex’ Is a Toxic Conversation About Toxic People
Ross Douthat and 'The New York Times' has amplified the harmful incel mentality.
eBay, Organized Crime, and Evangelical Christians: The Ethical Minefield of Studying Ancient Civilizations
Iraqi artifacts smuggled into the US by Hobby Lobby contain new evidence of a lost Sumerian city, and have scholars divided over whether to study the looted relics.
Airbnb Is Screwing Over New York’s Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Everyone knows Airbnb is bad for the housing market. But it's starting to get worse.
Climate Impacts of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline Could Cost Up to $8.7 Billion
There are real costs associated with releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere. Here, we crunched some numbers.
Electric Cars Make Excellent Autonomous Vehicles—So Why Are Most AVs Gas-Powered?
These engineering students are making an autonomous electric car.
Oscar Mayer’s Cringey 'Cryptocurrency' Promotion Got Hit With a Cease-and-Desist
The cold cut company's Bacoin promotion faces backlash.
Basic Income Is Being Set Up to Fail
The current crop of basic income trials fall painfully short of holding society-changing potential.
What It’s Like Surviving In Nigeria’s City of Soot
Port Hartcourt residents are protesting against the unregulated oil refineries that have polluted their entire city.
The 'Holy Grail' of Cryptocurrency Looks Like the Banks We Already Know and Hate
Intangible Labs raised $133 million from established investors to create a stable coin with an "algorithmic central bank."
Pimps Are Preying on Sex Workers Pushed Off the Web Because of FOSTA-SESTA
"Sex workers are terrified:" Less than three weeks after the so-called anti-sex trafficking bill became law, the consequences are dire.