Eleanor Cummins

Eleanor Cummins is a science journalist focusing on all things urban, especially climate change resilience and transportation. Her work can also be found in Slate, Popular Science, Atlas Obscura and the podcast miniseries Tie My Tubes.

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Taylor Swift's Brilliant Courtroom Psychology Guarantees a Win

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Time Travel Is Possible Through the Whorfian Time Warp

It's the next best thing to a time machine.

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7 Times Scientists Fact-Checked the Bible

What debunks hath God wrought?

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Maps of Airbnb Reviews Reveal How Tourists Understand New Cities

Tourists pick up on all sorts of subliminal cues in just a few days.

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4 Theories Why Sperm Counts Among Western Men Are Plunging

And what to do about it.

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7 Massive Corporations Going Green to Boost Their Bottom Lines

Environmentalism doesn't appeal to everyone, but the economics of renewables do.

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Mystery Sea Bugs Behind Australia's Flesh-Eating Attack Revealed

They recently chewed up a local teen's legs.

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Elon Musk Says Other Hyperloop Companies Aren't Moving Fast Enough

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5 Times Swarming Bees Fucking Had it With Humanity This Summer

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California's Bullet Train Isn't Dead, It's Just Resting

What train's ever arrived on time, anyway?

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Why Are People Obsessed With Pimple Popping? Blame Evolution

You can't look away because you're hardwired to watch.

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Skinny Jeans Really Can Reduce Your Sperm Count

Boxers over briefs, my dude.

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These Are the World's 14 Most Futuristic Schools

From boat schools to surveillance classrooms, this is the future of education.

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Thanks to China, the 'New Car Smell' Could Go the Way of the Dodo

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Science Says Blowing Out Birthday Candles Is Gross

Mmm, birthday bacteria.

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Climate Change Will Destroy Your Popcorn Habit

If we don't act, the pop could stop.

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The FAA Can No Longer Ignore 'Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat'

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The Seven Wildest Google Street View Images of San Francisco

Google really is _always_ watching.

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Humans Will Hype Self-Driving Cars to the Point of Crashing

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Colorado Springs Wants to Be the Home of the First American Hyperloop

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