Book Review: A Reverent Tribute to Disappearing Creatures
Dec 27, 2024 · "Vanishing Treasures," by Katherine Rundell, is a passionate plea to save the planet's living cabinet of curiosities.
Book Review: Why the Medical Establishment Often Gets It Wrong
Nov 1, 2024 · BOOK REVIEW — ” “Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health” by Marty Makary (Bloomsbury Publishing, 288 pages).
As Biolabs Multiply Globally, Some Experts Worry About Oversight
Jan 2, 2025 · India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can safety infrastructure keep up?
The Technology for Autonomous Weapons Exists. What Now?
Nov 26, 2024 · In the future, humans may not be the only arbiters of who lives and dies in war, as weapons gain decision-making power.
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Mixed Lessons from Intentionally Infecting People with Covid-19
Jan 1, 2025 · When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck, Christopher Chiu and other researchers wondered: Should they inject healthy people with the virus that caused the pandemic? The …
Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?
Dec 3, 2024 · Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.
Can Plastic Waste Be Transformed Into Food for Humans?
Aug 21, 2024 · In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated …
Future Spuds: The Hardy Potatoes of Tomorrow - Undark Magazine
Sep 4, 2024 · In a field near the Dutch village of Angeren, a biotechnology company named Solynta grows potatoes in square plots, about 16 by 13 feet each. One afternoon last summer, …
Maybe She’s Just Tired, Maybe It’s Undiagnosed Iron Deficiency
Aug 26, 2024 · Around a third of women of reproductive age could have low iron. But doctors don’t routinely screen for the condition.