by Susan Keown | Apr 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
In a three-part series for Oregon Public Broadcasting, Jes Burns takes a look back at that state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Her stories in the series cover the state’s successful (by U.S. standards) response, which could make herd immunity take longer to...
by Susan Keown | Apr 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
Writing for New York Magazine, Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) tells us the stories of five different people across the country, such as Andrea Ceresa, left, whose lives were all indelibly changed by COVID-19. Facing debilitating long-haul symptoms, job loss, financial...
by Susan Keown | Apr 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
Ashli Blow (@ashliblow) writes for Climate Conscious at Medium about the grassroots efforts to stop the installation of a crude oil pipeline through the neighborhood of Boxtown in Memphis. The proposed route for the Byhalia Pipeline runs through an earthquake-prone...
by Susan Keown | Apr 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
Longevity researchers are fascinated by bats, writes Rachel Tompa (@rachel_tompa), since these animals defy the typical correlation between an animal species’ body size and its life span. Tompa writes for the Allen Institute about a new molecular clock method that can...
by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2021 | ScienceWire
In her new book, “Beloved Beasts,” Michelle Nijhuis (@nijhuism) charts the history of the modern conservation movement through the lives and ideas of the people driving it. She gives us an in-depth look at how conservationists have taken on the challenge of saving...
by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2021 | ScienceWire
Why, asks Elisabeth Eaves, is the U.S. spending $100 billion on a new nuclear weapon? Eaves (@elisabetheaves) explores the complex answers to this question in a feature for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, taking us down to missile silos, into the communities...
