December 2019 Impact Articles
- CRISPR genetically modified babies scientist gets three years in jail
- Federal judge sides with Republicans in Georgia voter purge
- Climate change: six positive news stories from 2019
- Private prison company sues California over bill banning for-profit prisons
- 3 eco-friendly Christmas tree disposal tips
- Cotton candy exoplanets with unusually low densities observed by NASA
- Antarctica ice melt hits worst day on Christmas Eve 2019
- Sex robots are here, but laws aren’t keeping up with the ethical and privacy issues they raise
- U.S. mass killings reached a high in 2019, AP finds
- Pentagon urges military personnel to avoid at-home DNA tests
- Site List Social Handles
- 5G could make weather forecasts less accurate, scientists say
- Does a year in space make you older or younger?
- Americans aren't moving anymore, and technology is to blame
- The best video games of 2019, from ‘Death Stranding’ to ‘Judgment’
- New northern lights aurora discovered by NASA intern
- Why are whales big, but not bigger?
- Inside the conservative organization undermining abortion access one state at a time
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing his first primary challenge in over a decade
- A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight
- Iowa woman who hit 14-year-old girl with SUV because she is 'a Mexican' also struck a Black boy
- Colorado Governor Jared Polis pardons undocumented sanctuary seeker Ingrid LaTorre
- Senator Lisa Murkowski says she's "disturbed" by Republican impeachment plans
- Mike Bloomberg severs ties with company who used prison labor to make campaign phone calls
- Hashtags might make people less likely to believe what they're reading
- Anti-Trump editorial roils Christian media
- How the First Step Act got people out of prison and back with their families
- A GOP legislator in Washington called for a 51st state led by a military Christian government
- Rudy Giuliani claims he's "more of a Jew" than George Soros, sparks accusations of anti-Semitism
- Not child’s play: The serious innovation behind toy making
- 2020 U.S. election calendar: from primaries to presidential election
- Try as they might, populist candidates can't get the money out of politics
- New black hole observations provide clues to how they grew in space’s Cosmic Dawn
- Apple's iPhone SE might come back in 2020
- What Trump gets wrong about wind power
- Emails show Trump aide asked to freeze Ukraine funds only 90 minutes after Zelensky call
- 120,000 U.S. weather records broken in 2019, report says
- Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon
- Trump adviser comments on voter suppression underscore the 2020 stakes
- An iMessage bug that bricks iPhones was discovered by Google researchers — but Apple has a fix
- Australian town robbed of 80,000 gallons of water during drought
- As an autistic woman, the disability question at the Democratic debate finally made me feel seen
- Tech giants sued over deaths of children working in cobalt mines
- Top Dutch court orders climate change action from the government
- Sustainable gift guide: 12 eco-friendly picks for friends and family
- Why a computer will never be truly conscious
- Trump attacks 'Christianity Today' after magazine editor calls for his removal
- 10 tech gifts for the person who always wants the latest
- New BedMachine Antarctica map reveals deepest land on Earth
- Andrew Yang's UBI plan is an attempt to just trust people, he says
- The 4 best digital meat thermometers
- Air pollution and depression linked in new study, highlighting further risks of climate change
- Federal appeals court strikes down Affordable Care Act's insurance penalty
- Whether Trump's finances will be revealed depends on these 3 Supreme Court cases
- Supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy may have a friend
- New Jersey to restore voting rights to 80,000 former felons
- 11 smart tech gifts under $200 for your friend who uses Alexa for everything
- For Trump's reality TV presidency, impeachment was always inevitable
- Bacterial infection outbreak caused by puppies, CDC says
- World Economic Forum releases 2019 Global Gender Gap report
- How quantum computing could help solve climate change
- Australia hits record-high temperatures amid wildfire battle
- Supreme Court won't hear homelessness case in win for advocates
- Planetary confusion – why astronomers keep changing what it means to be a planet
- Hypergiant bioreactor combines AI and algae to combat climate change
- Apple iPhone 12 rumors speculate at six different models for 4G and 5G
- New Jersey vaccination fight shows how health care is being co-opted
- Steaming lakes and thundersnow: 4 questions answered about weird winter weather
- Congress allots $425 million for election security, but experts say it's not enough
- Trump administration proposal would allow stadium funding to count as aid to poor for banks
- Rudy Giuliani is telling the president's business to anyone who will listen
- The Milky Way exploded with 100,000 supernovas a billion years ago, scientists say
- California coast acidification occurring at higher rate than rest of the world, study says
- Congress just agreed to put $25 million toward gun violence research
- The Democrats' impeachment report accuses Trump of "multiple federal crimes"
- Torrent hosting site Pirate Bay to offer video streaming service
- COP25 climate conference called a “failure” upon conclusion
- Voting rights in Wisconsin in danger after conservative legal group files lawsuit
- Trump made more false claims in 2019 than ever before, fact checker finds
- Pete Buttigieg needs to fix his perception among Black voters. Can he do it?
- Trump impeachment inquiry: Impeachment is officially on, and more
- Xbox Series X: Everything we know so far about Microsoft's 2020 console
- What's up with the NRA's legal troubles?
- Supreme Court considers Trump tax returns case in his last bid for secrecy
- Nuclear War Simulator shows the devastation that nukes could cause
- Climate change impact on indigenous Alaskans detailed in new NOAA report
- Meat production needs to peak by 2030, scientists say
- How video games gave me a foundation of acceptance growing up autistic
- NASA scientists identify water ice close to Mars surface
- Fossil fuel companies responsible for more than half of ocean acidification, study says
- The Affordable Care Act had its day at the Supreme Court ... again
- Glacier National Park mountain goats put at risk from rising temperatures
- Andrew Yang believes in UBI. Here's what his plan would really do for America
- Why a bipartisan trade deal finally passed Congress amid all the impeachment ruckus
- Trump’s Space Force probably won’t be exactly what he was hoping for
- Self-driving truck completes first cross-country freight delivery
- Greta Thunberg is 'Time' Person of the Year
- The European Space Agency will launch a mission to clean up space junk
- A Trump rule allowed this North Dakota county to deny refugees. They declined
- New Apple iPhone rumors hint that the newest phone won’t be the SE 2
- Greenland is losing ice faster than predicted, scientists say
- Supreme Court declines Kentucky abortion case in win for pro-lifers
- Elizabeth Warren's Blue New Deal is a Green New Deal for the ocean
- Floral foam contributes to microplastic pollution, scientists find
- Trump dismisses DOJ report that fails to confirm his conspiracy theories
- Pete Buttigieg to release McKinsey client list and open fundraisers to media
- So-called 'factories' at the center of galaxies could be pumping out black holes
- The articles of impeachment against Trump are here
- How Democrats' silence on sex worker rights puts trans women of color in danger
- The war in Afghanistan has been a huge failure — and military leaders knew it
- Australia’s water crisis is a harbinger of things to come around the world
- Trump sparks cries of anti-Semitism in controversial speech to Jewish voters
- A mountain on the moon could provide clues to origins of life on Earth
- Single-use plastic ban in Honolulu takes stricter approach to takeout containers and utensils
- Why White Island erupted and why there was no warning
- Researchers halt "abortion reversal" pill study after 3 women end up in the ER
- Border Patrol let a 16-year-old die in its custody, and then lied about it
- 6 bizarre pieces of impeachment swag you can buy
- WHO report warns we're underestimating the mental health risks of climate change
- FCC study finds mobile carriers lie about coverage 40 percent of the time
- Pelosi moves Trump impeachment forward, setting up a Christmastime vote
- Extreme weather news may not change climate change skeptics’ minds
- Trump just kicked 700,000 people off food stamps, and more cuts are expected
- Consulting firm McKinsey's suggestions for ICE were sometimes too harsh even for the agency
- Artificial intelligence development is starting to slow down, Facebook head of AI says
- George Zimmerman is now suing Trayvon Martin’s mother for $100 million
- Ford and McDonald’s team up for coffee-based sustainability initiative
- Climate change is accelerating, World Meteorological Organization reports
- The environmental footprint of electric versus fossil cars
- Pennsylvania passes restrictive abortion law requiring burials for fetal remains
- New iPhone rumors include multiple launches and AirPod bundling
- Joe Biden’s “No Malarkey” bus is smarter than you think
- A new court ruling brings us one step closer to seeing Trump's financial records
- PlayStation 25th anniversary: How the console shaped the future of the game industry
- Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel
- East Africa rain and floods linked to disproportionate effects of climate change
- Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race, citing financial struggles
- Greta Thunberg arrives in Lisbon to make it to COP25
- Trump administration proposes tariffs on French goods, including wine and cheese
- Christmas tree shopping is harder than ever, thanks to climate change and demographics
- Cartels prey on asylum seekers stuck in Mexico due to Trump policies
- The Supreme Court is about to decide the future of gun control
- “Monster” stellar black hole identified by Chinese scientists pushes the limits of science
- U.N. secretary general: Climate change is reaching the “point of no return”
- Turning food waste into electricity could make grocery stores and farms more sustainable
- Trump administration’s SNAP proposal could cost millions their benefits
