Neurology
Alzheimer’s, Inc.: When a Hypothesis Becomes Too Big to Fail
This summer’s controversy surrounding the FDA’s shocking approval of the drug aducanumab provides a window into a scientific field in crisis
Opinion
Climate Change
The Technology to Reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions Isn’t Ready for Prime Time, But ...
It’s already under development in research labs
Climate Change
Carbon Dividends: A Win-Win for People and for the Climate
Putting a price on emissions and sending the proceeds to the public is a sound environmental and economic strategy
Inequality
Policies Mandated by Multilateral Institutions Are Contributing to India’s COVID Catastrophe
The World Bank’s and the International Monetary Fund’s pressure to privatize India’s health care system deepened inequities in access—to lethal effect
Ethics
The FDA Should Remove Its Restrictions on the ‘Abortion Pill’ Mifepristone
The science is clear: abortion by medication is safe and effective
Climate Change
What the Acrid Smoke from Wildfires Can Teach Us
Among other things, it can make those who experience it understand that climate change is visceral and palpable
Vaccines
A New Resource for Fighting Vaccine Misinformation
The #ScienceUpFirst initiative was created to provide, support and amplify accurate scientific information to help people make informed health decisions
Cosmology
When Physicists Follow Their Gut
Fred Hoyle and George Gamow were brilliant iconoclasts who reached opposite conclusions about the expanding universe (for the record, Gamow was right)
Policy
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
Astronomy
Astronomer Vera Rubin Taught Me about Dark Matter—and about How to Live Life
The groundbreaking scientist ushered in a revolution in how we think about the universe. She also lived by a set of principles that made her an exceptional human being
