How do we make astronomy more humanist?
Reading Time: 4 minutes While I wait for my early morning exercise class, I listen…
How bad reporting turned zero deaths into a ‘75% death rate’ for the latest virus
Reading Time: 2 minutes On August 4, Chinese and Singaporean scientists published a paper on a novel Henipavirus now present in…
What you need to know about Israel’s ‘Operation Breaking Dawn’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the weekend, Israeli airstrikes made news when Operation Breaking Dawn yielded death and property destruction in…
Don’t let the Saudi megacity fool you. We’ve been here before
Reading Time: 6 minutes The 2006 documentary Manufactured Landscapes opens with an eight-minute tracking shot of a Chinese factory floor, seemingly…
Living synthetic embryo, made from stem cells, grown without a uterus
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Monday, Cell published the results of embryonic experiments carried out by the Weizmann Institute of Science…
Green democracy rising: Latin America and the new environmentalism
Reading Time: 5 minutes On July 26, Colombia’s senate ratified the Escazú Accord, a pan-Latin American and Caribbean agreement that takes…
Alzheimer’s, artificial sweeteners, and depression meds: A heavy month for health science literacy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three major reports this month highlight the fragility of ongoing health sciences research, and challenges for broader…
New military crackdowns mark ongoing struggle for democracy, stability in Sri Lanka
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Friday, local time, military forces raided a demonstration at Sri Lanka’s presidential secretariat ahead of the…
Russia returns partial gas flow to Germany, as Brussels appeals for reduced reliance
Reading Time: < 1 minute The complex interplay of energy resource battles amid Russia’s war in Ukraine continues in Europe this week,…
Heatwave surges in Britain, looms in Germany, scorches southern Europe
Reading Time: < 1 minute After a week of raging wildfires across France, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, Britain braces for a day…
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