When Choosing What Diseases to Develop Drugs For, It All Comes Down to Funding
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Prescription drugs and…
Ancient Amazon Civilization Developed Unique Form of ‘Garden Urbanism’
January 11, 2024 4 min read Traces of an ancient civilization that had a unique urban infrastructure with cities set…
Renewable Energy Capacity Could More Than Double by 2030
CLIMATEWIRE | Renewable energy is on track to more than double worldwide by 2030, but more financing and policy support…
NASA’s Troubled Mars Sample Mission Has Scientists Seeing Red
NASA is seemingly caught between a Mars rock and a hard place. The space agency’s best-laid plan to robotically retrieve…
We Need to End Obstetric Fistula
I chose not to have children, yet several communities where I have worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Demolishing Homes That Sustain Hurricane Damage Can Improve Local Economy
January 5, 2024 3 min read Buying out and razing homes harmed by Hurricane Sandy boosted business development, jobs and…
What Happens When You Deny Scientific Evidence? Look at Brazil’s Pesticide Problem
In Brazil, the unabated use of dangerous pesticides reminds the world of the harm done by denying reality. Here, as…
We Need to End Obstetric Fistula
I chose not to have children, yet several communities where I have worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Scientists Finally Invent Heat-Controlling Circuitry That Keeps Electronics Cool
From smartphones to supercomputers, electronics have a heat problem. Modern computer chips suffer from microscopic “hotspots” with power density levels…
Adventures of a Bone Hunter
Annie Montague Alexander was an adventurer, an amateur paleontologist and founding benefactor of two venerated museums at the University of…