Pollution
Fixing Air Pollution Could Dramatically Improve Health Disparities
The most marginalized people are breathing the most polluted air, and improving it could improve health equity worldwide
Stories by Jyoti Madhusoodanan
Inequality
Discrimination May Hasten Menopause in Black and Hispanic Women
Researchers say understanding differences in when menopause starts in racial and ethnic groups can help with screening and preventive care
Inequality
Discrimination Is Breaking People’s Hearts
Heart attacks, strokes and other consequences of cardiovascular disease are particularly dangerous for people who face inequity
The Sciences
Self-Assembling Nanococcoons Mimic Natural Viruses
Researchers have designed peptides, short chains of amino acids, that spontaneously package DNA into tiny capsules that could offer a new route for drug delivery or gene transport
Mind & Brain
Depressed Mice Have Excitable Neurons
A new study pinpoints the cells involved in coping with stress, which can result in the development of mood disorders
Public Health
MRSA Spreads in Households
Drug-resistant bacteria have found refuge in residences in parts of New York City
Biology
Stress Alters Children's Genomes
Poverty and unstable family environments shorten chromosome-protecting telomeres in nine-year-olds
Self-Controlled Crows Ace the Marshmallow Test
Are four treats better than two? Not if you're a crow picking a favorite snack. Crows and ravens hold off on gobbling a tidbit when they can see a better one coming after a short wait.
Biology
Nocturnal Animals Take Chances on Moonlit Dinners
Small animals are more active under the full moon when large hunters strangely tend to lie low
