In Brazil’s Favelas, Green Roofs Might Help Relieve the Heat
Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to face extreme heat — and its negative health effects. One nonprofit in Rio de Janeiro teamed up with researchers to adapt green roof technology for their...
View ArticleThe Assisted Dying Debate Is Really About How We Treat the Living
In France, a recent report on end-of-life care has energized a movement to legalize assisted dying. What the national discourse does not seem to acknowledge, however, is that rising public support for...
View ArticleIn Brazil’s Favelas, Green Roofs Might Help Relieve the Heat
Low-income neighborhoods are more likely to face extreme heat — and its negative health effects. One nonprofit in Rio de Janeiro teamed up with researchers to adapt green roof technology for their...
View ArticleBook Review: Confronting the Mystery of a Debilitating Illness
Jennifer Lunden’s “American Breakdown” is not only a compelling personal account of coping with chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis — a debilitating life-long illness. It is also a...
View ArticleThe Steep Cost of Cleaning Up California’s Oil Sites
An new analysis used California regulators’ methodology to estimate the cost of cleaning up the state’s onshore oil and gas industry, finding that the figure could be triple the industry’s projected...
View ArticleAmid Gaps in Oversight, Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom
Products with extracts from the iconic Amanita muscaria mushroom have cropped up at stores and online retailers in several states. Though they are advertised to people hoping to ease anxiety,...
View ArticleIn Alaska, Tribal Governments Push for Larger Conservation Role
Past conservation efforts, led by the federal and state governments, have locked Native Alaskans out of their traditional hunting grounds. Many tribes are now pushing for more say in environmental...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Infant Milk Allergies, Many Questions Remain
Cow’s milk allergies appear to be on the rise. But the source of that increase remains unclear. Are doctors simply getting better at recognizing symptoms? Are diagnosis guidelines too broad? Or is the...
View ArticleI Was a Wilderness Therapy Success Story. Then my PTSD Surfaced.
As a teenager, I was taken against my will to the Oregon wilderness and subjected to 13 weeks of therapy. Afterward, I credited the treatment with helping me overcome my self-medicating and...
View ArticleBook Review: Shattering the Stigma of Menstruation
In “Period,” Kate Clancy investigates the science of menstruation from anthropological, historical, and social justice perspectives, urging readers to examine “the systems that limit us in our...
View ArticleInside the Race to Build a $1.2 Billion Fish Barricade
The Brandon Road Interbasin Project is the Great Lakes’ best line of defense against invasive carp. It will be a gauntlet of barriers that will take years to install, all in the hopes that the...
View ArticleColonialism Shaped Plant Collections. Here’s Why That Matters.
Herbaria — collections of pressed, dried plant specimens — are important for scientific research. There are some 400 million samples stored across over 3,500 herbaria around the world. But most of...
View ArticleDo Women Really Make Up 80 Percent of All Climate Migrants?
It is an alarming and evocative statistic: An estimated 80 percent of climate migrants are women. The number is frequently cited by activists, policymakers, and the media, but its origins are murky. A...
View ArticleBook Review: Launching Capitalism Into Space
Ashlee Vance’s “When the Heavens Went on Sale” chronicles the scramble among profit-seekers and idealists to create a new economy far above the Earth. The focus is on four companies at the heart of the...
View ArticleTo Study Pandemics: Many Critters, a Bit of AI, and Some Openness
Mice are relatively easy to study: They’re small, fast breeding, and inexpensive. And research facilities are often outfitted with mouse-sized equipment. But mice can’t be infected with many of the...
View ArticleStudies Show a Need for Procedural Justice in ‘Hot Spot’ Policing
Violent crime “hot spots” account for up to half of all reported crime in many cities. But recent research suggests that what’s called procedural justice policing — being fair, transparent, and giving...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Infant Milk Allergies, Many Questions Remain
Cow’s milk allergies appear to be on the rise. But the source of that increase remains unclear. Are doctors simply getting better at recognizing symptoms? Are diagnosis guidelines too broad? Or is the...
View ArticleAfter Decades of Debate, FDA Moves to Regulate In-House Lab Tests
So-called lab-developed tests, which are created and used within a single lab, have long avoided scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration. But as the tests become increasingly popular, including...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Infant Milk Allergies, Many Questions Remain
Cow’s milk allergies appear to be on the rise. But the source of that increase remains unclear. Are doctors simply getting better at recognizing symptoms? Are diagnosis guidelines too broad? Or is the...
View ArticleIn a Tipster’s Note, a View of Science Publishing’s Achilles Heel
Emails obtained by Undark allege that dozens of editors at scientific journals have been pulled into a dubious paper publishing scheme. It’s a known problem in the industry, and this time it targets...
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