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How Did The Nepal-Tibet Floods Become This Deadly?
Scientists are piecing together the factors that led to the disaster, which has also exposed gaps in cross-border information sharing on hazards in the rapidly changing Himalayas.

tanka dhakal
Sep 116 min read


A Fentanyl Vaccine Is on the Horizon — If Trump Restores Funding for Its Clinical Trials
"We have a fentanyl vaccine, and we lost funding for the Phase I clinical trial because of the current administration’s misalignment on vaccines. … Now we have a bunch of very expensive vials that are just sitting there, ready to go in somebody’s arm."

Zoe Beketova
Jun 266 min read


Tracking Down the Hidden Pollutants That Make Wildlife Sick
Since some chemicals become increasingly concentrated in animal tissues as they move up the food chain, long-lived, top predators like alligators — which may spend 50 years or more swimming and eating fish in potentially polluted water — are exemplary sentinels of lurking health threats.

Lela Nargi, Knowable Magazine
Oct 21, 20257 min read


Texas Researchers Make A Heatstroke Calculator for Burn Victims
Extreme heat poses a significant threat to millions of people worldwide, particularly to burn victims, who have lost the ability to regulate their internal body temperatures through the natural process of homeostasis.

Myriam Vidal Valero
Oct 6, 20255 min read


The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

Alex Ip
Sep 25, 20253 min read


Finding Clean Water Near Mount Everest Might Be Harder Than Summiting It
As tourism and regional pollution contaminate Nepal’s Khumbu Valley, researchers are zapping the ground to find new potable water sources.

Manish Koirala
Oct 30, 20246 min read


Perspective: These Specimen Jars Aren't Too Jarring
Museums are not anachronisms, but rather, they are an important part of modern biological research with their vast specimen collections.

Don Lyman
Oct 19, 20245 min read


For Tortoise Beetles, Feculence is the Best Defense
Leaf-eating tortoise beetles are quite bizarre, converting plant energy into animal protein and making their shields out of their own feces.

Carolyn Bernhardt
Oct 9, 20245 min read


Quando l'arroganza provoca la truffa nella scienza
Come la condotta illecita di uno “straordinario” scienziato è solo la punta dell’iceberg e cosa possiamo fare a riguardo.

Ebony Gunwhy
Oct 18, 20238 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, 202311 min read
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