Ross Pomeroy

Ross Pomeroy

Editor, RealClearScience

ross pomeroy

Steven Ross Pomeroy is the editor of RealClearScience. As a writer, Ross believes that his greatest assets are his insatiable curiosity and his ceaseless love for learning. Follow him on Twitter @SteRoPo.

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A single bed bug on a white background.
The Present
The French have lost their minds over bed bugs
Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.
Ross Pomeroy
A group of soldiers standing in front of a large wave at Banqiao Dam.
The Past
The renewable energy disaster that was far deadlier than Chernobyl
Decades ago, a disaster left three million acres of land uninhabitable and killed between 85,600 and 240,000 people. Chernobyl? No. Banqiao dam in China.
Ross Pomeroy
A man savoring a glass of red wine.
Health
We may finally know what causes red wine headaches
No, it's not a hangover.
Ross Pomeroy
A woman shopping in an ALDI grocery store.
The Present
One of the few places where America’s rich and poor mingle: Olive Garden and ALDI
To see a true cross-section of American society, head to Applebee's, Buffalo Wild Wings, IHOP, Chili’s, and Olive Garden.
Ross Pomeroy
A child happily engaged in solving a large puzzle.
The Present
Young children trounce large language models in a simple problem-solving task
AIs can imitate but not innovate — for now, at least.
Ross Pomeroy
A woman jotting down her thoughts in a notebook using ChatGPT.
Thinking
Students use calculators to do math. Let them use ChatGPT to write
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
Ross Pomeroy
A man wearing a face mask walks past a poster of a coronavirus, symbolizing the ongoing impact of the pandemic.
Health
How a Harvard AI model could make COVID the last pandemic
Artificial intelligence can forecast the behavior of viruses and quickly make vaccines to thwart them.
Ross Pomeroy
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