Book Review: Casting a Brighter Light on Nuclear Energy
In “The Power of Nuclear,” Dutch journalist Marco Visscher lays out the reasons why widespread fears and hesitations about atomic energy are misguided, illogical, and propelled by unscientific...
View ArticleLawsuits Against Diversity Initiatives in Science Multiply
Recent lawsuits against the American Chemical Society and the University of Pennsylvania join a recent uptick in legal action against programs intended to promote diversity in academia. Many legal...
View ArticleColorado’s Experiment With Psychedelic Mushrooms Begins
Though the fungi await FDA approval, state regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms in mental health treatment and are planning to authorize “healing centers.” These are some...
View ArticleIn Genetics, a Tense Coexistence of Mainstream and Fringe Views
Researchers are, by and large, dubious of efforts to demonstrate a genetic basis for racial or ancestral-group differences in intelligence. The current tools, they say, simply aren’t equipped to...
View ArticleCommunities Must Take the Lead in Preventing Opioid Overdoses
A recent drop in the number of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. has puzzled researchers. But results from a recent study on drug addiction suggest how to keep that downward trend going: by engaging...
View ArticleBook Review: The Dazzling Complexity of the Frozen World
In “Ends of the Earth,” popular science writer and paleontologist Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar research, as well as the extraordinary biological adaptations of...
View ArticleTo Curb Online Sexual Abuse of Children, Experts Look to AI
Some experts say the online abuse of children is rampant, and that police and lawmakers need more tools to catch perpetrators. Now, researchers in several countries are training artificial intelligence...
View ArticleWhy Did the CDC Bury Its Latest Measles Forecast?
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
View ArticleAmid NOAA Cuts, Scientists Warn of Weather and Climate Risks
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration supports everything from emergency preparedness to weather apps to climate science. Many meteorologists say that recent reductions in funding and...
View ArticleNow Is the Time for a Covid-19 Synthesis
More than five years ago, the Covid-19 virus reached U.S. shores. Talking about the pandemic has become overwhelming, writes columnist C. Brandon Ogbunu. But now is the time to extract meaningful...
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