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…
Who was the revered rabbi whose New York synagogue was the scene of a brawl over an illegal tunnel?
The basement synagogue that was the scene of a brawl this week between worshippers and New York City police has…
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…
Emergency at 3 miles high: Alaska Airlines pilots, passengers kept calm after fuselage blowout
PORTLAND, Ore. — The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon. The first six minutes of Friday’s Alaska…
The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Daniel Bermudez’s family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the U.S. to seek asylum when…
Residents across eastern US and New England hunker down as snow, ice, freezing rain approach
BOSTON — Residents across the eastern U.S., particularly in New England, are gassing up snow blowers, dusting off shovels and…
A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brand
TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas…