Reflections from Five Research Pioneers
Five female scientists and physicians share their experiences in advancing their fields and careers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Emissions Reductions Touted by EPA Are at Odds with Its Policies
The rise of renewables and the replacement of coal with natural gas are fueling declines in CO2 emissions
Revolutionary Microscopy Technique Nets Most Lucrative Prize in Science
The Breakthrough awards, each worth U.S. $3 million, honor advances in the life sciences, physics and mathematics
Insurers See Smoldering Risk after California's Worst Wildfire
Residents rebuilding after the catastrophic Tubbs fire are paying higher premiums
The Science of Inequality
How high economic inequality negatively impacts nearly every aspect of human well-being—as well as the health of the biosphere
Young and Struggling in Science
Life is hard for early-career researchers, who must contend with uncertain futures, compete for funding and balance family life, with the frequent need to move for jobs
New Climate Report Was Too Cautious, Some Scientists Say
Experts cite important outcomes and costs of climate change left out of the latest IPCC report
Science Just Gets in the Way of Things Being How We Want Them
Look, I know what I know. I think
To Solve Real-World Problems, We Need Interdisciplinary Science
Solving today’s complex, global problems will take interdisciplinary science
Science Funding Is Broken
The way we pay for science does not encourage the best results
Economics Nobel Highlights Climate Action Necessity
William Nordhaus shared the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis,” with Paul Romer, "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."
To Get to a Zero-Carbon World, a Firm Time Line Is Needed
Too much focus is being put on how much carbon can still be emitted to achieve warming goals, experts say
Limiting Warming to 1.5° Celsius Will Require Drastic Action, IPCC Says
Humanity has a limited window to avoid the more dire effects of climate change, according to a new climate report
Economists Who Changed Thinking on Climate Change Win Nobel Prize
The ideas of William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have shaped today's policies on greenhouse gas emissions
Science under Scrutiny: The Problem of Reproducibility
Better incentives could reduce the alarming number of studies that turn out to be wrong when repeated
Druggists Shouldn't Be Morality Police
Some states let them deny care for nonmedical reasons
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Science and the Supreme Court: Cases to Watch in 2018
The death penalty, uranium mining and the endangered dusky gopher frog are among the topics that justices will consider this year
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