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The World Health Organization Gives the Nod to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bad Idea
The World Health Organization is now promoting unproved traditional Chinese medicine
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New York Looks to Congestion Pricing to Control Pollution
The plan would be the first in the U.S. and would help fund the city’s aging public transit system
What Happens When Female Physicians Gather?
A recent symposium left participants with a renewed sense of belonging and a collaborative energy
Space & Physics
Looking for Life on Mars: Viking Experiment Team Member Reflects on Divisive Findings
Patricia Straat looks back on the Viking lander experiment that aimed to find microbes
Policy
When Storms Hit Cities, Poor Areas Suffer Most
Low-income neighborhoods see more damage and have less political clout to advocate for fixes
Policy
The Pitfalls of Data’s Gender Gap
Without female data, everything from safety gear to urban design to Siri is biased toward men. The effects range from inconvenient to deadly
Paid Family Leave for Postdocs
With relatively small increases in budgetary support, we can support and retain new mothers in science
Technology
Military Tries Out Fish as Underwater Spies
The sophisticated sensing behaviors of marine organisms could serve as a surveillance system that aids national security
Policy
How Brexit Could Impact the U.K.’s Climate Goals
The withdrawal from the European Union could disrupt emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases
Space & Physics
Mission to Europa Gets New Instrument to Look for Signs of Habitability
Amid technical and political hurdles, a veteran planetary scientist takes charge of a key part of Europa Clipper, a spacecraft targeted at the solar system’s most intriguing moon
The Sciences
The “Fantastic” Feeling of a Breakthrough: Q&A with Math Prize Winner Karen Uhlenbeck
The first female winner of the prestigious Abel Prize shares details of life as a mathematician
Policy
GOP Counteroffer to Green New Deal Pushes Innovation
Senator Lamar Alexander’s proposal would beef up funding for energy research and carbon capture
Policy
How Big Data Can Help Save the World
Emerging analytic and computing tools are enabling much better use of huge data sets
Policy
Coastal Conservation Plan Sparks Fight Over Sand
Beach communities that rely on dredging to replenish protective dunes object to expanded federal protections
How to Deal with Chaos in Climate and Politics
In complex systems, small changes can make big differences
Challenging Academic Publishing
A pilot collaboration between Springer Nature and ResearchGate aims to boost visibility for research articles on a network for connecting with peers
Policy
The Humanities and the Future
Our descendants’ lives will be intertwined with advanced technologies—and that will revitalize non-technological disciplines such as philosophy
Policy
U.S. Communities Urged to Boost Immunity to “Shock Events”
Past disasters point to steps cities and counties can take to bolster their resilience
Opting Out of Vaccines Should Opt You Out of American Society
People who are able to take vaccines but refuse to do so are the moral equivalent of drunk drivers
Conservation
Study on Weed Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap
Some scientists question museum data analysis that suggests Roundup is not responsible for the insects’ decline
