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Science Archive

Archives for March 2022

Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain.
Podcast
Science

Scientists are investigating how to treat pain in babies who can’t tell you when it hurts.

By Brian Resnick
Down to Earth
The bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreckThe bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreck
Down to Earth

Check out these animals that have colonized the 1915 wreck.

By Benji Jones
Explainers
We have the best view yet of Covid-19’s origins. What should we do about it?We have the best view yet of Covid-19’s origins. What should we do about it?
Explainers

The world could take steps to prevent this from happening again.

By Umair Irfan
Technology
California wants to use electric cars to back up the power gridCalifornia wants to use electric cars to back up the power grid
Technology

A collaboration between GM and PG&E will test-drive powering homes with EV batteries during blackouts.

By Neel Dhanesha
Down to Earth
The troubling link between electric cars and ... flamingos?The troubling link between electric cars and ... flamingos?
Down to Earth

Mining lithium for batteries threatens some flamingos in Chile, a new study suggests.

By Benji Jones
Down to Earth
The loss of insects is an apocalypse worth worrying aboutThe loss of insects is an apocalypse worth worrying about
Podcast
Down to Earth

A world without bugs is a world we don’t want to live in.

By Benji Jones
Climate
America can’t solve its gas price problem (or its Russia problem) with drillingAmerica can’t solve its gas price problem (or its Russia problem) with drilling
Climate

The four myths Republicans have been spreading about oil and gas prices, explained.

By Rebecca Leber
Politics
There’s no good way to roll back mask mandatesThere’s no good way to roll back mask mandates
Politics

We have to roll back pandemic restrictions someday. Why is it so hard now?

By Keren Landman, MD
The long, strange history of anti-vaccination movements
Money

Here’s what the past can tell us about the future of the pandemic.

By Anna North
Down to Earth
Oops, cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was probably a bad ideaOops, cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was probably a bad idea
Down to Earth

Many scientists worry that flashy efforts to clean plastic from the ocean do more harm than good.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Why climate solutions will fail without the help of social scientistsWhy climate solutions will fail without the help of social scientists
Climate

A UN report author on why social science holds the key to some of the biggest climate challenges.

By Rebecca Leber
Down to Earth
5 signs of how climate change is unraveling Earth’s ecosystems5 signs of how climate change is unraveling Earth’s ecosystems
Down to Earth

Global warming is taking a bigger toll on wildlife than we previously thought, a new IPCC report shows.

By Benji Jones