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Science Archive

Archives for October 2022

Our buildings are making us sick
Explainers

Here’s how to fix them — and what’s getting in the way.

By Keren Landman, MD
Unexplainable
The mysterious rise of food allergiesThe mysterious rise of food allergies
Podcast
Unexplainable

More kids and adults are finding out that they can’t eat their favorite foods. Why?

By Umair Irfan
Explaining science doesn’t have to be complicated. Just ask Kurzgesagt’s Philipp Dettmer.
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

Science communicator Philipp Dettmer bridges the gap through unexpected, engaging YouTube videos for anyone and everyone.

By Muizz Akhtar
Leah Utyasheva and Michael Eddleston are saving lives from suicide in the Global South
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

A third of suicides are due to pesticide consumption. The Center for Pesticide Suicide Prevention has a plan to prevent them.

By Dylan Matthews
Scientific progress is at risk of slowing down. Saloni Dattani is making sure it doesn’t.
The 2022 Future Perfect 50

Transparency, accessibility, and understandable analyses are all ways this researcher delivers science to the masses.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg
Some people launder money. Other people launder cattle.
Down to Earth

The beef industry is flattening the Amazon, even when companies tell you it’s not.

By Benji Jones
Climate
The next frontier for climate action is the great indoorsThe next frontier for climate action is the great indoors
Climate

Americans run “mini fossil fuel plants” in their homes. It’s time for change.

By Rebecca Leber
Climate
Why OPEC’s cuts shouldn’t have been a surprise — and may not hurt as much as you might thinkWhy OPEC’s cuts shouldn’t have been a surprise — and may not hurt as much as you might think
Climate

A Q&A with Samantha Gross of the Brookings Institution on what OPEC’s cuts mean and where things might go from here.

By Michael Bluhm
Science
The best thing you can do to quash a deadly Covid-19 surge this winterThe best thing you can do to quash a deadly Covid-19 surge this winter
Science

Redesigned Covid-19 vaccines could save thousands of lives, but few are getting them.

By Umair Irfan
Politics
America’s increasingly atrocious access to maternity care, explained in 3 chartsAmerica’s increasingly atrocious access to maternity care, explained in 3 charts
Politics

Nearly 7 million women of childbearing age live somewhere with limited or zero access to maternity care.

By Dylan Scott
Down to Earth
There’s a frightening new report about wildlife declines. But many are getting the story wrong.There’s a frightening new report about wildlife declines. But many are getting the story wrong.
Down to Earth

WWF just published a grim report card for global biodiversity. Here’s what it does — and does not — tell us.

By Benji Jones
Science
Rising rates of syphilis in babies should set off all our alarm bellsRising rates of syphilis in babies should set off all our alarm bells
Science

America’s STI crisis is actually a maternal care crisis.

By Keren Landman, MD
Down to Earth
These spectacular deep-sea creatures live in a potential mining hot spotThese spectacular deep-sea creatures live in a potential mining hot spot
Down to Earth

The world needs more metals for batteries to fight climate change. Should it come at the cost of these animals?

By Benji Jones
Climate
The most annoying barrier to getting your home off fossil fuelsThe most annoying barrier to getting your home off fossil fuels
Climate

So you want a heat pump. But can you find anyone to install it?

By Rebecca Leber
Science
Hurricane Ian’s exceptional death toll, explainedHurricane Ian’s exceptional death toll, explained
Science

Florida has seen plenty of hurricanes. Why was Ian so deadly?

By Umair Irfan