by Susan Keown | Jan 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Been there, done that. So why send humans back to the Moon? asks Alexandra Witze (@alexwitze) in an opinion piece for Nature. Politics and technology, not science, are (again) driving forces behind the latest Moon mission, Artemis I, which launched in November. But...
by Susan Keown | Jan 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Writing for neo.life, Robin Donovan (@RobinKD) explains that muscle loss, loss of strength and loss of function — sarcopenia — has a big impact on the quality of life and even lifespan of many people, but yet few have heard of it and there is little research on it....
by Susan Keown | Dec 3, 2022 | ScienceWire
A story by new member Michael Crowe (@MichaelReports) for the Sierra Club gives us a look at the invasion of the European green crab into Washington waters, and what local officials are doing to keep “one of the worst invasive species in the world” contained. An...
by Susan Keown | Dec 3, 2022 | ScienceWire
New member Jude Coleman (@JudeLB_Coleman) writes for National Geographic about the life-teeming slopes of Mount Everest. Coleman talks to a scientific team that recently spent time on the mountain to take environmental readings and catalog its life via DNA they...
by Susan Keown | Dec 3, 2022 | ScienceWire
New member Will Stone (@WStoneReports) co-authored a story for NPR about new federal guidelines for prescribing opioid medications, which should give doctors more leeway to prescribe them to people who need them. Stone and his co-author explain that the new guidelines...
by Susan Keown | Dec 3, 2022 | ScienceWire
For the Tennessee Lookout, Ashli Blow (@ashliblow) co-authored a feature on the long-term impact of a chemical plant on its Memphis neighborhood and the people who live there. The company, Velsicol, still technically operates the plant in order to clean up the “legacy...
