Climate ChangeNovember 18, 2022
How a ‘Carbon Cage’ Blocks Climate Mitigation
Our current carbon-heavy economic system creates bars around us that stop effective climate change action.
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AnimalsOctober 31, 2022
Researchers Are Making Nightmarish ‘Coffee’ with Invasive Sea Lampreys
Why on earth would you try to “brew” anything using parasitic fish that slurp the blood and guts out of other fish?
ReproductionOctober 20, 2022
A Black Mother’s Loss Explains Why U.S. Maternal Health Care Is Broken
The U.S. has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates among developed countries. Researchers from North Carolina to the West Coast are working with parents like Vu-An Foster to understand why.
EngineeringOctober 13, 2022
This Black Female Engineer Broke through the Double Bind of Racism and Sexism and Directly Nurtured a Legion of STEM Leaders
Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y., had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements. In the final episode of this season’s Lost Women of Science podcast, we see how Y.Y.’s more than five decades of teaching educated a new generation of mechanical engineers, who credit her with helping to change the industry
Health CareOctober 10, 2022
This Indigenous Scientist Helped Save Lives as COVID Devastated the Navajo Nation
Crystal Lee grew up the granddaughter of Navajo medicine men. As COVID wreaked havoc on her community, she decided to act
ConservationOctober 6, 2022
Detroit Has a Large Population of Ring-Necked Pheasants, and They Are Striking
The Motor City is perhaps the only large city in the country with groups of the beautiful nonnative fowl running around its fields and lots.
EngineeringOctober 6, 2022
NASA’s Saturn V Rocket, the Moon Rock Box and the Woman Who Made Them Work Properly
Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y. throughout her career, had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. In the third episode of the third season of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we see how Y.Y.’s brilliance helped make Project Apollo a success
EngineeringSeptember 29, 2022
For the ‘First Lady of Engineering,’ Freedom Meant Facing Down Racism and Sexism—And Breaking Her Own Rules
Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y. throughout her career, had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. In the second episode of the newest season of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we see Y.Y.’s true grit as she fights for recognition and a place at the science table
Public HealthSeptember 28, 2022
The Government Is Racing to Put Your Toilet Under Surveillance—For a Good Reason
A relatively new type of snooping—we will call it poop snooping—could help us all react more quickly to new variants of the COVID-causing coronavirus or future pandemics
EngineeringSeptember 22, 2022
The First Lady of Engineering: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1
Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y. throughout her career, had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer. The third season of the Lost Women of Science podcast begins at the start of her story, during her unconventional childhood in the segregated South
Artificial IntelligenceSeptember 7, 2022
To Clear Deadly Land Mines, Science Turns to Drones and Machine Learning
In a field in Oklahoma, researchers are using new technology to spot deadly munitions built to maim and kill
AnimalsAugust 31, 2022
13,000 Crabs Crawl into a Museum (Collection)
The American Museum of Natural History recently received the life’s work of a professor in Minnesota—1,274 jars of crabs collected over decades from around the world.