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Hunting sky islands for genetic clues to climate resilience

Sarah J. Love and Joe Bailey — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:11 GMT

OPINION: Isolated mountaintops are hotbeds of evolutionary adaptation and great places to study how climate change affects ecosystems

Soda taxes can’t reverse the obesity epidemic

Kristin Kiesel and Richard J. Sexton — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:08 GMT

OPINION: They might be able to help, but only if well-designed and in combination with other policies

The hidden threat from rising coastal groundwater

Shellie Habel — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:07 GMT

OPINION: Sea level rise won’t hit just homes on shorefronts, but also the infrastructure beneath our feet

Forests are under attack from invasive species

Geoff Williams — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:24 GMT

OPINION: International commerce and travel bring ecological destruction to the world’s most cherished natural places. We need to do more to stop the assault.

We urgently need data for equitable personalized medicine

Manuel Corpas — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:17 GMT

OPINION: A massive bias in medical studies toward men of European origin means that genetic variants in understudied populations don’t get the focus they deserve

It’s way past time to stop police ‘testilying’

Rachel Moran — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:05 GMT

OPINION: The culture of deception in US courts needs to end

How optimizing indoor humidity can help stop the spread of Covid and flu

Richard Zare — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:23 GMT

OPINION: Recent CDC guidelines for indoor air quality disregard the benefits of humidity. But research shows it can kill viruses and help thwart infections.

Abandon the idea of ‘great green walls’

Matthew Turner, Diana Davis, Emily Yeh and Pierre Hiernaux — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:07 GMT

OPINION: The notion of planting miles of trees to hold back encroaching deserts is misguided and damaging; we should promote programs that secure livelihoods and respect dryland ecologies instead

Why one deforestation solution has yet to stop massive tree loss

Eric Lambin and Paul Furumo — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:11 GMT

OPINION: Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.

Dealing with rats, and their health, in America’s ‘rattiest’ city

Maureen Murray — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:08 GMT

OPINION: A study in Chicago found that rodents surviving poisoning are more likely to carry disease. Good pest control needs to take such things into account.

Nature, nurture and randomness

Kate Laskowski — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:06 GMT

OPINION: More than genes and upbringing determine animal personalities: There’s a good dose of chance in the mix, too.

Our oceans’ future: Hot and troubled

Nicola Jones — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:01 GMT

OPINION: Ocean warming, acidification and deoxygenation due to climate change — as well as pollution and development — threaten our global waters, but disaster is far from inevitable

Get out in your yard and count bugs

Mary Gardiner and Helen Roy — Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:12 GMT

OPINION: How worried should we be about insect declines? Community science is vital for gathering information about arthropods.

We need to stop bugs at the border

Helen Nahrung — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:17 GMT

OPINION: Trade and travel come with a shared responsibility for biosecurity

Zoos need to change

Rafael Miranda — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:03 GMT

OPINION: To justify their existence, they must make conservation their top priority

How to recover from the Great Education Disruption

Prachi Srivastava — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:15 GMT

OPINION: Children around the world were out of school for months, with big impacts on learning, well-being and the economy. How do we avoid a ‘generational catastrophe’?

What is the protein of the future?

William R. Aimutis — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:25 GMT

OPINION: It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.

Can playing video games make you smarter?

Richard E. Mayer — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:09 GMT

OPINION: Research highlights six key principles for better learning

America is failing women’s health

Susan E. Short and Meghan Zacher — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:19 GMT

OPINION: Systemic inequity means women in the US die younger and suffer more than they should. It’s time for health for all.

Europe should shape the clean fuel market now

Benjamin Görlach and Michael Jakob — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:11 GMT

OPINION: For the world to hit its climate goals, the European Union needs to take the lead, ditch coal and write the rule book for green hydrogen