February 2020 Impact Articles
- How GeoCities webrings made the ‘90s internet a cozier place
- Scotland voted to make tampons and pads free for everyone
- Biggest black hole explosion on record detected by scientists
- Celebrities explain 'June Medical Services' Supreme Court case in star-studded advocacy video
- An appeals court just ruled against Trump's "remain in Mexico" immigration policy
- Teen's fake candidate exposes how bad Silicon Valley still is at election integrity
- How plastic bag bans really work to limit plastic pollution
- People prefer robots to explain themselves – and a brief summary doesn’t cut it
- Mike Bloomberg's defense of Muslim surveillance after 9/11 is willfully ignorant
- Kellyanne Conway's CPAC "woke" joke was worse than you think
- Earth “minimoon” spotted by scientists may be asteroid caught for three years in orbit
- The Trump administration's coronavirus messaging has been a mess
- The "Denaturalization Section" is the Trump administration's latest anti-immigrant endeavor
- Michael Bloomberg is reportedly courting Andrew Yang as a running mate
- Half of Americans think billionaires have made the 2020 primaries worse
- Alaska’s polar bears put at risk by faulty tech used by Big Oil
- Folding, flip smartphones are the next big thing, but does anyone really want one?
- The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming
- What is a superdelegate? The convention technicality that could divide Democrats
- The “Anti-Greta” German teen Naomi Seibt is taking the stage at CPAC 2020
- Lynching is a federal hate crime, per newly passed House bill
- Seagulls prefer human-handled food to what they find on their own, study reports
- Conservatives' snarky tweets about Democrats are great inadvertent endorsements
- Major airlines say they’re acting on climate change. Research reveals how little they’ve achieved
- The ACLU is suing 7 Texas towns that are calling themselves "sanctuary cities for the unborn"
- The CBS News debate audience really was that psyched about Bloomberg
- Ride-share apps create 69% more climate pollution than the trips they displace, study reports
- ‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ sequel: everything we know so far
- The Supreme Court is about to determine the rights of same-sex couples looking to adopt
- Body cam footage shows sobbing 6-year-old arrested and put in handcuffs
- Who is Dick Pound? IOC member gains attention after announcing Tokyo Olympics could be canceled
- A U.S. agent shot and killed a Mexican teen at the border. The Supreme Court ruled he can't be sued
- Fossil fuel industry rewards politicians for anti-environment votes with big campaign donations, study details
- Nearly 20 Jewish community centers in New York receive email bomb threats
- Why your phone dies in really cold weather
- Bernie Sanders's Nevada victory shows he can win big among minority voters
- Apple’s over-ear headphones rumored to appear at Target soon
- Pete Buttigieg's 2020 campaign, by the numbers
- 5 Bernie Sanders policies that aren't Medicare-for-All
- Climate change could be "catastrophic" to national security, according to new report
- NASA records Mars quakes and mysterious hum with InSight lander
- Ancient Antarctic ice melt caused extreme sea level rise 129,000 years ago – and it could happen again
- Mike Bloomberg is paying people to tweet about him, and Twitter isn't having it
- After the Nevada caucuses, people are realizing Bernie Sanders is the man to beat
- Why is a Republican super PAC bankrolling ads for a Democrat in North Carolina?
- Scientists find molecular oxygen in galaxy 500 million light years away
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez puts her PAC's weight behind 7 progressive candidates
- Climate change is starting to dry up the Colorado River
- Florida's Amendment 4 backed by court in big win for former felons' voting rights
- Trump's post-impeachment purge is reportedly about to begin
- Trump’s California water plan faces a lawsuit from the state
- Will the Nevada caucuses be another Iowa for Democrats?
- Climate change means longer take-offs and fewer passengers per airplane – new study
- How rich is Mike Bloomberg? An upsetting guide to the billionaire's campaign spending
- The life on Mars search should continue with underground caverns and groundwater, scientists say
- Chelsea Manning's lawyers found a legal loophole that might get her out of jail
- China’s carbon emissions drop by 100 million metric tons due to coronavirus
- 7 times Mike Bloomberg forgot how to be a human being
- How climate change became a partisan issue
- Trump crony Roger Stone sentenced to more than 3 years in jail amid DOJ controversy
- Food waste amounts may have been underestimated by half, new study says
- The Nevada Democratic primary debate was extremely good, actually
- Humans’ methane emissions have been underestimated by about 40%, new study reports
- 50 million Americans have helped crowdfund health care. That's not a good thing
- Notorious mobster "Whitey" Bulger was apparently part of the CIA's mind control drug program
- Mike Bloomberg should be everyone's target at the Nevada debate
- Right-wing radio hosts call Bernie Sanders, a Jewish man, anti-Semitic
- Climate change poses “ecological and existential threats” to children across the globe: U.N. report
- Coral reefs could be wiped out by 2100, scientists say
- Conserving water when you shower is as easy as looking at a clock, scientists say
- The closure of rural hospitals is America's hidden health care injustice
- Andrew Yang joins CNN as a political commentator
- Does anyone believe Attorney General Bill Barr would quit over Trump's tweets?
- Will Amy Klobuchar's prosecutor past derail her presidential campaign?
- 45 Ridiculous But Really Clever Things On Amazon
- Saturn's moon Titan may not actually be viable for extraterrestrial life
- California will finally apologize for the racist internment of Japanese Americans
- Trump plans roll back of air pollution regulations, but energy companies aren’t on board
- SpaceX says it’ll send civilians to space as soon as 2021, in partnership with Space Adventures
- Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to climate change fight
- Republicans in Ohio want to outlaw health care for trans youth
- Hackers could shut down satellites – or turn them into weapons
- Sen. Tom Cotton spread a conspiracy theory about the coronavirus on Fox News
- Airlines promised to cut emissions, but a study shows they are on the rise
- Former Justice Department officials publish letter calling out William Barr's "interference" in the Roger Stone case
- Will the Equal Rights Amendment ever become law?
- ‘Second Life’ still has dedicated users in 2020. Here’s what keeps them sticking around
- Which video game streaming service is right for you?
- Five Moon myths – and how to disprove them yourself
- Can the next generation of candidates make politics more sex-positive?
- Cory Booker teams up with John Cornyn to introduce school nutrition legislation
- Global greenhouse gas emissions leveled off in 2019, but we still need more progress
- Is finding the one as simple as an equation? This nuclear physicist says he may have figured it out
- A mysterious radio signal repeating in space is being investigated by scientists
- Tank.Sinatra on the Bloomberg meme, sponsored posts, and the "blurred" line between satire and reality
- Weinstein lawyer delivers a callous closing argument: "Women have choices"
- Antarctica hits record high of 68 degrees, just days after setting previous record
- Air pollution from other states is causing premature deaths for U.S. citizens, study finds
- Charging your phone using a public USB port? Beware of ‘juice jacking’
- White dwarf stars could hold the key to finding alien life, scientists theorize
- The 10 Surprising Countries That Are Happier Than America
- LeBron James's I Promise School partners with Kent State for free tuition
- Trump’s opening of federal lands to drilling will result in massive carbon emissions
- Bernie Sanders's New Hampshire victory shows exactly how he could win the nomination
- BP announces carbon neutrality plan, drawing skepticism and criticism from activists
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault will now store heirloom Cherokee Nation crops
- Trump wants to end the student loan forgiveness program
- Canadian pipeline project renews tensions over indigenous land
- Climate change’s effects could lead to global systemic collapse, new report details
- The New Hampshire primary reflects Mike Bloomberg's big 2020 gamble
- Chinstrap penguin populations have drastically fallen due to climate change
- Internal memo shows Trump officials planning retaliation against "uncooperative states"
- Hothouse Earth: seven things you can do to stop it
- Black hole echoes might force scientists to rethink the laws of physics
- Why QAnon, the wild Trump-era conspiracy theory, will never die
- The 6 Best Headphones On Amazon
- Inside Mexico’s war on drugs: Conversations with ‘el narco’
- Renewable energy generator powered by rainfall developed by City University of Hong Kong scientists
- Are the Iowa caucuses a scam?
- 5 types of reusable straws that will help you use less single-use plastic
- Trump's border wall is being crowdfunded by a private group that wants to donate it to the government
- Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
- Climate change is killing bumblebees around the world, new study finds
- Antarctica hits record high temperature of 65 degrees
- Iowa caucus winner is still unclear due to inconsistencies
- Trump administration holds up nearly $1 billion for clean energy
- How algorithms fuel our online outrage
- We desperately need to store more carbon — seagrass could be the answer
- Climate change models are running hotter than expected and scientists aren’t sure why
- Australia’s fires have devastated the country’s wildlife. What happens next?
- Rainbow cloud in space created by the collision of two stars hundreds of years ago
- Black-owned bookstores have always been at the center of the resistance
- An Oregon film company made an anti-Trump ad that doubles as a political thriller
- ‘The Sims’ 20th anniversary shows why the game has such staying power
- Trump's acquittal vote throws his presidency into a new phase
- Trump's State of the Union showed he's not only unbothered — he's emboldened
- The U.K. plans to ban gas and hybrid cars by 2035 — and it's not alone
- Shadow, Inc. CEO apologizes for Iowa Caucus app chaos
- The number of homeless students has doubled in just over a decade
- How the sun’s coronal ejections stealthily release plasma into the universe
- 2020 video game releases to keep an eye out for, from 'Final Fantasy VII Remake' to 'Cyberpunk 2077'
- Bernie Sanders says Iowa caucus "was not a good night for democracy." He's right
- The Iowa Caucus app is a mess — here’s everything you need to know
- The failed Iowa caucuses beg the question: Is this the best we can do?
- Greenland’s glacier melt comes from warmer water as well as warmer air, scientists find
- Does impeachment need a crime? Not according to framers of the Constitution
- What health care in America will look like under presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg
- There’s really no reason to upgrade your phone every year — here’s why
- The best ways to make your Instagram more secure, without going private
- Self-proclaimed "independent" voters aren't that independent after all
- Dave Chappelle and Andrew Yang want you to join the Yang Gang
- The Iowa caucuses are tonight. Here's what the state's voters care about
- Fake Google Maps traffic jam created by German artist with 99 smartphones
- Greta Thunberg nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
- U.S. would plant billions of trees annually under GOP bill
- Here's a more eco-conscious way to do your laundry
- 7 Amazon Alexa cooking hacks that will come in handy the next time you make dinner
- Donald Trump impeachment: We always knew it would happen this way
- How Super Bowl sex trafficking myths hurt actual sex workers
