What the Anti-Sunscreen Movement Misses
New research suggests that exposure to sunlight could have a range of beneficial effects. The best approach may be a personal one that considers a person’s skin tone and seeks to balance the benefits...
View ArticleEPA Readied a Report on One Forever Chemical. Now It’s in Limbo.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver, and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the...
View ArticleReflecting on the ‘Crime Gene’ Conference, 30 Years Later
September marked the 30th anniversary of a controversial 1995 conference on the relationship between genetics and criminal behavior. C. Brandon Ogbunu reflects on how this “crime gene” debate...
View ArticleBook Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics
“Dangerous Miracle,” by biologist Liam Shaw, is a deep investigation into the rise, heyday, and precarious future of antibiotics, a life-saving treatment heralded as a wonder cure for infectious...
View ArticleWill Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?
Following the 2008 recession, when the journalism industry lost advertising and subscription revenue, foundations filled the funding gap. Now, amid Trump-era turmoil, some worry that commitment may be...
View ArticlePutting a Pause on the Practice of Surrogacy
Rising global infertility rates have made surrogacy a multibillion-dollar industry. But concerns about the health risks to surrogates and their babies raise questions over whether the practice is...
View ArticleThe Land That Stores Nearly a Third of the World’s Carbon
Peatlands act as a crucial climate regulator, storing more carbon than all the trees on Earth. But they are increasingly at the center of conflicts over resource extraction, like mining for rare-earth...
View ArticleA Struggle to Find Adequate Care for a Common Menstrual Disorder
Across the world, millions of women suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, a condition linked with their menstrual cycle and characterized by depression and irritability severe enough to...
View ArticleMisinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation
Thousands of people have removed themselves from organ donor registries in the wake of reports describing patients who were allegedly endangered by organ donation. Some experts warn that the reports...
View ArticleBook Review: The Mystery of Transformation in Nature
In “Metamorphosis,” science historian Oren Harman explores the striking minutiae of biological change, both dissecting the mechanics of how living things shift from one form to another and mining his...
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