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‘Make America Healthy Again’ by Transforming Animal Agriculture

Bird flu has been spreading through U.S. farms, prompting public health departments to prepare for a potential pandemic. Transforming animal agriculture could reduce the risk of such emergencies and align with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to “Make…

13/02/2025

Startups Gamble on Fusion Energy

The fusion industry is small but expanding. Over the past few years, nearly 50 fusion companies have sprung up, supported by billions of dollars from investors. But it remains to be seen whether these startups will be able to build a reactors the…

11/02/2025

The End of Science’s Peacetime

The president’s executive orders to freeze federal funding and communications have thrown U.S. scientists into uncertainty, signaling the start of a major conflict around the practice of science. C. Brandon Ogbunu writes that defending that practice…

06/02/2025

The Downstream Effects of India’s Green Revolution

India extracts more groundwater than any other country worldwide, and more than the U.S. and China combined. Decades of intense monocropping of wheat and rice, encouraged by the country’s Green Revolution, are driving this demand. The impact is…

03/02/2025

Seeking New Foods, Scientists Look To Bacteria, Algae, and More

Human diets have long included relatively small quantities of microbes — think of the live bacteria in yogurt. But now researchers at universities and dozens of startups across the globe are investigating whether some microbes could serve as a…

29/01/2025

Fixating on Experimentation Could Hinder Gun Violence Prevention

As community violence intervention efforts have gained unprecedented funding, policymakers are asking a deceptively difficult question: Do these programs work? One sociologist says the problem lies in the definition of success and the research…

13/01/2025

The Rise of the Science Sleuths

A seminal paper in Alzheimer’s research raised red flags. Those who called out the problematic data hoped the discovery would correct the scientific record. Instead, the questions raised about the work highlighted cracks that have been slowly eating…

11/09/2024

In Kenya, One Solution to Contaminated Water Comes From Above

Access to safe drinking water — and its equitable distribution — underpins public health. But for the estimated 250,000 people in Kibera, who live without any government infrastructure, clean water is often a luxury. A system that uses aerial pipes…

13/08/2024

Could ‘Science Courts’ Help Build Public Trust?

In the U.S., surveys have shown that public trust in science dropped significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some scientists propose that holding science courts — where citizen juries listen to relevant topics debated in a courtroom setting —…

16/05/2024

Indigenous Forest Gardens Help Bolster Land Rights Arguments

For one First Nation, the Nuchatlaht First Nation, researchers’ work regarding forest gardens is being used to support a legal land claim against the province of British Columbia and the Attorney General of Canada before the British Columbia Supreme…

01/05/2024

Testing the Waters: Scotland Surges Ahead on Ocean Power

There is no question that the planet’s oceans contain enormous amounts of energy. But can that energy be harnessed economically — or is the idea of pulling watts from the water doomed to be a sideshow in the quest for green energy? In Scotland,…

29/04/2024

Protecting the Darkness in Chile’s Atacama Desert

The Atacama boasts high altitudes and clear skies, making it a haven for stargazing. And by 2030, Chile will be home to almost 70 percent of the world’s astronomical infrastructure. Light pollution, though, threatens frontier research. Can a…

22/04/2024

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