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YouTube’s Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn

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Is This Food Really Healthy? New Packaging Labels Would Tell You

A simple traffic light symbol or a set of stars on the fronts of food products would advise consumers

Academic Institutions Must Do Better to Protect Caregivers This Fall

Schools, colleges and universities that fail to impose mask mandates and other COVID protections put working parents in an excruciating position

Why Bad Science Is Sometimes More Appealing Than Good Science

Researchers cite studies that can’t be replicated weirdly often

Progress on Autoimmune Disorders, Mountain Lions and Venus

Training science writers for a future of solutions

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How Much Worse Will Thawing Arctic Permafrost Make Climate Change?

Global warming is setting free carbon from life buried long ago in the Arctic’s frozen soils, but its impact on the climate crisis is unclear

Deaf Children in Developing Countries Are Getting Inferior Cochlear Implants

The technology they receive is often obsolete or has never been used in wealthier nations

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: August 2021

Tasty radio; early fake leather

Red States Seek to Block Biden Update to Key Climate Metric

Ten Republican attorneys general have asked a federal court to keep a revamped social cost of carbon from taking effect

NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims

Some astronomers argue the space agency’s next flagship observatory will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence

For Good Science, You Need Engaged Citizens

They strengthen the institutions that ensure a strong democracy, leading to rational decisions

Weed Shouldn’t Be Banned for Elite Athletes, Some Experts Say

The disqualification of a leading U.S. Olympics candidate has brought the World Anti-Doping Agency’s marijuana prohibition under fire

Trans and Queer People in India Should Demand Better Health Care

The country’s gender and sexual minorities are in urgent need of a supportive public health system

Australia’s Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as ‘in Danger’ Don’t Stack Up

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is under pressure from pollution and climate change

Cities ‘Game’ Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk

The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise

What You Know about Trump’s Assault on Science Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg

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E.U. Set to Unveil First-Ever Carbon Border Tax

The proposed tax places a fee on planet warming emissions embedded in goods produced outside the union

The Case for Antiracism

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