Water
How Water Finally Became a Climate Change Priority
A collaboration helped convince policy makers at COP27 to finally prioritize water as a critical resource affected by climate change. It was a win long in the making
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Reproduction
Antiabortion Heartbeat Bills Are neither Morally nor Legally Sound
A beating heart is neither a necessary nor sufficient standard to determine the start of life, making antiabortion heartbeat bills morally and legally wrong
Artificial Intelligence
What an Endless Conversation with Werner Herzog Can Teach Us about AI
An AI-generated conversation between Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek is definitely entertaining, but it also illustrates the crisis of misinformation beginning to befall us
Biotech
Gene Drives Could Fight Malaria and Other Global Killers but Might Have Unintended Consequences
A new technology could wipe out whole species. Is it a magic bullet or a genetic atom bomb?
Astronomy
A Recently Discovered Gas Cloud Near Andromeda Stumps Astronomers
Clues to the origin of this enormous cloud of gas have been maddeningly vague
Sports
Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football
The “terrifyingly ordinary” nature of football’s violence disproportionately affects Black men
Inequality
The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income
A universal basic income wouldn’t lead to adults leaving their jobs and could lift millions of children into a brighter future
Public Health
What Rice-Farming Cultures Can Teach Us about Pandemic Preparedness
Societies that farm rice over wheat tend to be more tight-knit and interdependent, which could protect them from pandemic viruses like the one behind COVID
Quantum Physics
Can Quantum Mechanics Quell the Holiday Blues?
Scientists search for hidden variables underpinning our swerving moods and thoughts
Reproduction
COVID Vaccines Can Temporarily Affect Menstruation, and Studying That Matters
The COVID vaccines can affect menstrual cycles, but the changes are small and short-lived, research shows
