EcologyMay 1, 2022
Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation
From giant land-based salmon tanks to submersible shellfish platforms, experiments in aquaculture are dotting Maine’s coasts
Stories by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Ellen Ruppel Shell wrote about Alzheimer's disease and air pollution in our May 2020 issue. She is author of four books, including Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture (2009) and The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change (2018). She is currently working on Slippery Beast, a book about the eels of Maine.
Public HealthOctober 16, 2020
How Straight Talk Helped One State Control COVID
Nirav Shah directs Maine’s response, which is seeing impressive results despite risk factors
NeurologyMay 1, 2020
The New Alzheimer’s–Air Pollution Link
Toxic airborne particles can travel from lungs and nose to the brain, and exposure is linked to memory loss
Public HealthOctober 1, 2019
A New Theory of Obesity
“Ultraprocessed” foods seem to trigger neural signals that make us want more and more calories, unlike other foods in the Western diet
Public HealthJuly 1, 2016
The Brains of Flint’s Children, Imperiled by Lead, Could Still Escape Damage
Research suggests that exposure to lead-tainted water in Flint, Mich., need not cause lasting harm
Public HealthMarch 22, 2016
Flint's Lead-Tainted Water May Not Cause Permanent Brain Damage
The contamination of drinking water was a public health disaster, but children who were exposed can still be helped
HealthNovember 1, 2015
An Overreaction to Food Allergies
Many children are wrongly diagnosed with food allergies because of inaccurate tests
BiologyApril 1, 2015
Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways
Substances such as saccharin may alter the type of bacteria inside us, could lead to obesity