All posts by Austin Schoonmaker
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 20, 2018
Google AI Shows Ability to Predict Likelihood of Death with 95% Accuracy
Google AI is getting smart. Like, freakishly smart. In a new study published in Digital Medicine, artificial intelligence...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 19, 2018
Trump Calls for Establishment of Space Force as the Sixth Military Branch
President Trump has ordered for the creation of a Space Force, which will serve as the sixth military...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 18, 2018
CDC Says U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically
For almost 20 years, the suicide rate in the U.S. has gone up across all racial and ethnic...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 17, 2018
7 Ways To Reduce Your Plastic Footprint
Since 1950, there has been about 9 billion tons of plastic produced, and the majority of it won’t...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 15, 2018
Elon Musk’s Chicago High-Speed Underground Transit Gets Approved
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the city would be granting approval for Elon Musk’s aptly named Boring Company...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 14, 2018
Why Life Expectancy is Declining in the U.S.
For the past two years, life expectancy has fallen in the United States. This is now the first...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 14, 2018
Antartica Has Lost Three Trillion Tons of Ice in the Past 25 Years
Satellite footage monitoring the state of the coldest southern continent has indicated that it has lost about 200...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 13, 2018
Plan to Split California into Three States Earns a Spot on the November Ballot
For 168 years, California has operated as a vast, single entity in the United States, counting beaches, mountains,...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 11, 2018
What is CRISPR and How Does it Work?
CRISPR, short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats, is a new, cutting edge technology that scientists can use...
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Austin Schoonmaker | June 9, 2018
Every Star Wars Movies Ranked from Worst to Best
The Star Wars Franchise has become one of the most widely loved in the world, and in the...