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Budget cuts at federal agencies such as NOAA doesn't just impact employees, but puts the millions who rely on their essential services at risk.

Laasya will be managing day-to-day editorial matters, including our entire roster of freelancers. She has set a lofty goal of publishing 12 stories a month — tripling our production at the start of the year.

A week after a deadly shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rattled the nation, Atlanta residents flooded the streets again Saturday morning to protest against the Trump administration’s research cuts and promotion of public health misinformation.

Impactful science education relies on adequate time for labs, functional spaces for conducting experiments safely, and quality materials. Without them, the learning experience is reduced to screens and simulations. What should be a lab-based exploration of the natural world becomes a digital substitution. That’s not innovation; it’s survival.

At the halfway point of the Feed-in Tariff program, Hong Kong’s solar energy production still lags behind most developed countries or regions.

While factors such as loud noise, aging, injuries, and chronic illnesses can cause hearing impairment, a growing number of studies have found an unusual connection between air pollution and hearing loss.

Legally purchasing PreP and PEP pills from private pharmacies can be expensive for sex workers, who are required to submit to expensive medical tests on top of purchasing the pills.

Of course, not all hunting is ethical. Just as not all agriculture is sustainable, and not all fishing is responsible. But the presence of harmful practices does not invalidate the value of ethical ones. The question we should be asking is not, “Is hunting good or bad?” But rather, “What values does it reflect? What relationships does it sustain?”

Dr. Yangyang Cheng and Priyanka Runwal have accepted invitations to join The Xylom’s expanded Advisory Board, effective today. As first-generation immigrant scientists-turned-writers who leverage their technical expertise to interrogate complex social issues, both are this year’s winners of the AAJA Journalism Excellence Awards.