Post Archive
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Niko McCarty • April 9, 2021
Chloride pollution, caused largely by de-icing salts and water softeners, is increasing across the country. A small town in Minnesota is fed up.
Ethan Freedman • April 8, 2021
New York City’s East River was once a bustling wildlife habitat. Could yesterday’s ecosystem return to today's metropolis?
Julie Levy • April 7, 2021
New evidence shows that human olfactory tissue is likely able to regenerate. But more research needs to be done to determine what exactly is damaged in cases of olfactory loss
Casey Crownhart • March 17, 2021
A squid robot is among the latest to take to the seas
Joanna Thompson • March 15, 2021
Viruses can be terrifying — but they also make us human
Abe Musselman • March 3, 2021
Diesel fuel is costly and polluting, so communities are exploring other options
Jackie Appel • March 3, 2021
About 10 vaquitas are left on the planet, but a new study confirms fishing nets pose a much bigger extinction threat than inbreeding
Joanna Thompson • March 1, 2021
Meet the mother of faster-than-light communication
Jackie Appel • February 26, 2021
To exoplanet scientists, oddball planets are much more than just a strange sight on a cosmic sightseeing tour
Excluding visitors from hospitals may harm patients, families and providers, say health care workers
Lauren Leffer • February 19, 2021
Hospitals and staff have tried to adapt through multiple COVID-19 waves with changing practices and communication tools
Delger Erdenesanaa • February 17, 2021
Experts warn erosion is depleting the essential but scarce soil nutrient
Joanna Thompson • February 15, 2021
Would you board a ship you could never leave?
Lauren Leffer • February 12, 2021
Proper mask wearing helps us stay safe during the pandemic, but masks limit what we can see in other peoples’ faces. Test how well you can interpret masked emotions in the quiz at the bottom of the page
Lauren Leffer • February 10, 2021
Depending on where you live, abortion care this year may have become either harder or easier to access than ever before
Joanna Thompson • February 8, 2021
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly common in conservation ecology. Should it be?