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Residents of a Rural Arkansas County Grapple With Endemic Gun Violence
Phillips County, home to about 15,000 people spread across 690 square miles. had the country’s highest per capita rate of gun homicides.
Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News
Oct 19, 20236 min read


The Dark Side of Involuntary Hospitalization
“People are convinced that mental illness makes people destructive. Which, long story short, is not true. But this is very entrenched.”

Elizabeth Lin
Oct 8, 20234 min read


Un viaggio attraverso il mio microbioma: la prospettiva di una immigrata su un intestino che cambia
Mentre mi spostavo in giro per il mondo, il mio microbioma cambiava in modi che non potevo controllare.

Manasvi Verma
Sep 27, 20238 min read


A Journey Through My Microbiome: An Immigrant’s Perspective on a Changing Gut
As I moved across the globe, my microbiome changed in ways that I could not control.

Manasvi Verma
Aug 25, 20237 min read


If Phylogenetic Sense Be Something Biologists Wish
“For a long time, everyone had worked under this paradigm that the earliest animals were the simplest animals.”

Rohini Subrahmanyam
Aug 8, 202310 min read


Hyena Helpers for Human-predator Harmony
“People want to... feel heard and want to see that there are efforts being made, regardless of the evidence behind what works."

Navya Pothamsetty
Jun 30, 20237 min read


Pain, No Gain: Healthcare Gender Gaps Still Remain, Especially in India
S. still dreadfully recalls the time when she would end up finishing an entire packet of painkillers every month just to get through her...

Sneha Khedkar
Jun 15, 20237 min read


Toxic Nuclear Waste is Piling up in the U.S. Where’s the Deposit?
Decades on end and after spending billions, the U.S. still has no strategy to permanently deposit its highly radioactive nuclear waste.

Bárbara Pinho
Jun 6, 20236 min read


As "Cop City" Proceeds, Atlanta City Council Proposes Acquisition of Parkland in South River Forest
However, questions persist due to their location adjacent to interstate highways and within FEMA high flood risk zones.

Alex Ip
May 14, 20235 min read
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Ellie Rose Mattoon
Apr 24, 202310 min read
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