Allen: Special Contacts Benefit Nearsightedness

Allen: Special Contacts Benefit Nearsightedness

New member Laura Allen writes about nearsightedness, its prevalence, and the introduction of special contacts to help. Myopia, also known as the worsening of longer distance vision, has been affecting a growing amount of people. Especially with the high screen usage...
Dzombak: Extreme Heat Affects Air Travel

Dzombak: Extreme Heat Affects Air Travel

Rising heat levels around the world poses threats to many people and industries, now Rebecca Dzombak turns the attention to a new issue brought on by climate change – air temperatures. While planes themselves are engineering to withstand the worst possible conditions,...
Braun: Simple Device helps World Measure Carbon

Braun: Simple Device helps World Measure Carbon

How do you capture an air snapshot? All you need is a couple of glass flasks wrapped in tape and with the air vacuumed out, as Ashley Braun pens in their latest story. This ingenious design was established in the 1950s and has played a key role in monitoring the...
Swenson: Natural Barriers Against Flooding

Swenson: Natural Barriers Against Flooding

 In a piece for the Environmental Protection Agency, new member Kelsey Swenson pens a story on natural infrastructure to shield from flooding. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay, the city of Crisfield has been reliant on its surrounding environment since its founding....
Kuthunur: Doubt Cast on Alien Life Signs

Kuthunur: Doubt Cast on Alien Life Signs

Sharmila Kuthunur writes that in mid-April, some researchers made the news when data from NASA’s JWST telescope was used to detect biosignatures outside our solar system. The report entails that gases, similar to the ones produced by marine algae on Earth, were found...