Month: December 2017

• The building materials of the future might be mushrooms and bacteria

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The Cities of the Future Could Be Built From Mushrooms For Earther: Nearly everything about the small block says “wood”: its texture, appearance, sturdiness, and color are like an […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 29, 2017

  Earther

  architecture, bacteria, biobuilding, climate change, environment, fungi

• Discovering new planets with artificial intelligence

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Thanks to Google AI, Astronomers Have Found New Planets They’re not habitable, but the dual discoveries change how we’re going to hunt for the next Earth. For The Daily […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 17, 2017

  The Daily Beast

  artificial intelligence, astronomy, exoplanets, Kepler

• Using NASA science to count the world’s biggest fish

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] A NASA Algorithm Can Save Endangered Whale Sharks Constellations of spots on these school bus-sized animals were hard to track, until now For The Daily Beast: Like too many […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 14, 2017

  The Daily Beast

  citizen science, conservation, marine biology, sharks, whale sharks