Marcus Wohlsen
Marcus Wohlsen is a reporter in the San Francisco bureau of The Associated Press. He has covered startup culture, the maker scene and the marijuana industry and his first book, Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life
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AI To Elephants: The Legal Question Of Who Is A Person
Happy the elephant’s story is a sad one. She is currently a resident of the Bronx Zoo in the US, where the Nonhuman Rights Project (a civil rights organization) claims she is subject to unlawful…
Feel Heavy? There Are 10,000,000 Pounds Of Space Dust Falling On Us Each Year
About 23,000,000 years ago, something hit the giant Asteroid 4 Vesta(1) some 120,000,000 miles away and the impact sent huge rocks into space. In 2018, one such meteorite from that time hit…
Are Hurricanes Worse Than Decades Ago? Gender And Politics Impact What People Believe
In the last decade, hurricanes have been essentially inconsequential. Sandy was so mild by the time it hit New York City that Manhattan media had to invent the term "Super Storm" to talk about it,…
Mount Zion Archaeological Evidence Confirms First Crusade Attack
In 637, a few years after the founder of Islam, Muhammad, died, one of his military commanders completed the Arab conquest of Jerusalem, prior to that a holy city for Jews and Christians. It was over…