Selected Writings
Even if there's a ceasefire, thousands of deaths projected in Gaza
NPR
XBB.1.5 shows we’re thinking about covid variants all wrong. Here’s a better way.
grid
Covid herd immunity hasn’t panned out: Why we are seeing surges when most Americans have been vaccinated or infected
grid
How long covid studies could help scientists solve the long-unsolved mystery of post-viral illnesses
grid
‘I wouldn’t bet against the virus’: Why omicron won’t be the last variant
grid
U.S. Covid testing is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
grid
How one medical team is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach Hispanic communities
Science News
A new legal battle post-Roe: Can states ban FDA-approved abortion pills?
Grid
All identical twins may share a common set of chemical markers on their DNA
Science News
Coronavirus shutdowns don’t need to be all or nothing
SCIENCE News
These plants seem like they’re trying to hide from people
Science News
Silver-backed chevrotains have been ‘rediscovered’ by science after 29 years
SCIENCE News
Small, quiet crickets turn leaves into megaphones to blare their mating call
SCIENCE NEWS
Microbiologists took 12 years to grow a microbe tied to complex life’s origins
SCIENCE News
How do mosquitoes taste deet? hint: it’s not with their mouthparts
npr
What a newfound Kingdom Means for the Tree of life
Quanta Magazine
Scientists find brain cells that make pain hurt
npr
Ocean snail is first animal to be officially endangered by deep-sea mining
Nature News
what makes us sleepy? ut-southwestern study points to the answer
Dallas Morning News
Scientists Discover Nearly 200,000 Kinds of Ocean Viruses
Quanta Magazine
Bird eggs laid in cold climates are darker, which may keep eggs warm
Science News
Inside the debate that’s shaping the future of psychedelic therapy: To trip or not to trip
grid
Better ventilation in schools could reduce covid risks and boost learning. Why aren’t we doing it?
grid
Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate
Science News
Beware the premature rush to normalcy
grid
How much space does nature need? 30 percent of the planet may not be enough
Science News
The world had a head start with monkeypox vaccines. It has largely squandered it.
grid
4 reasons you shouldn’t trash your neck gaiter based on the new mask study
SCIENCE News
When will the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing end?
Science News
The ‘Blob,’ a massive marine heat wave, led to an unprecedented seabird die-off
SCIENCE News
Reproduction smothered by extreme snow in the arctic
Science News
A single-celled protist reacts to threats in surprisingly complex ways
Science News
This parasitic plant eavesdrops on its host to know when to flower
Science News
Should Evolution Treat our microbes as part of us?
Quanta Magazine
Human Genomics has a diversity problem
npr
Bacteria in worms make a mosquito repellent that might beat deet
npr
Ancient Turing Pattern Builds feathers,hair, and now— shark skin
Quanta Magazine
Hotter months harm mental health and increase suicides, study finds
Dallas Morning News
how ut-dallas researchers are changing injured brains for the better
Dallas Morning News
What does long covid treatment look like for kids? Too few clinics are trying to figure it out.
grid
Nurses are not OK: Why they’re quitting their jobs, and what it means for the future of healthcare
grid
Your OB-GYN might miss out on critical training in a post-Roe world
grid
This hummingbird survives cold nights by nearly freezing itself solid
Science News
How the end of Roe could hamstring medical research and the hunt for new treatments
Grid
Global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination is more than a moral problem
Science News
The U.S. largely wasted time bought by COVID-19 lockdowns. Now what?
Science News
different, but still whole: a young scientist reflects on his journey back from a brain injury
dallas morning news
Deadly temperatures expected to arrive later this century are already here
Science News
How scientists wrestle with grief over climate change
Science News
A #BlackBirdersWeek cofounder aims to amplify black nature enthusiasts
Science News
Bringing sea otters back to the Pacific coast pays off, but not for everyone
Science News
Ocean acidification may not make fish act weird after all
Science News
New Hybrid Species Remix Old Genes Creatively
Quanta Magazine
‘No one is immune’: Alaska’s scientists despair over plan to shrink state universities
Nature News
Study finds racial gap between who causes air pollution and who breathes it
npr
Living Near Your Grandmother has evolutionary benefits
npr
why is the universe full of matter?
Dallas Morning News
‘Broadband’ networks of viruses may help bacteria evolve faster
Quanta Magazine
Study: coca-cola shaped china’s efforts to fight obesity
npr
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