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WHO Withdrawal, Bird Flu Updates and a Link between Fitness and Treatment Outcomes
Jan 27, 2025Executive orders that impact science and health in the U.S. came quickly after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Tanya Lewis, senior editor of health and medicine, explains how grievances ov...
Combatting Climate Anxiety through Community Science
Jan 24, 2025It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the news these days and to fear for the future. What if you could interrupt doomscrolling and contribute to conservation at the same time? That’s the idea behind pro...
What the End of U.S. Net Neutrality Means For You
Jan 22, 2025Net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, was heralded by the Federal Communications Commission and open Internet advocates. A federal court struck down the FC...
The Health Risks of Alcohol, a Red Dye Ban and Commercial Space Flights
Jan 20, 2025A report that was recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services highlights the risks of drinking alcohol, even moderately. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of the...
Do Pain and Joy Have a Universal Language?
Jan 17, 2025Ouch! Ah! Aïe! The words we use when we stub our toe or receive a pinch may point to a common way to express pain across languages. Associate news editor Allison Parshall explores what linguistic comm...
How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu
Jan 15, 2025H5N1 avian influenza has now reached almost 1,000 herds of dairy cattle in 16 states and has infected around 66 people, many of them agricultural workers, in the U.S. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by ...
Outbreaks of Norovirus, a Death from Bird Flu and Wildfires in L.A.
Jan 13, 2025Norovirus cases are up this year, with 91 reported outbreaks nationwide. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases are up in China and India. There has also been an increase in the U.S., but HMPV is currentl...
Finding Pluto’s Potential Replacement with a Giant New Telescope
Jan 10, 2025Pluto was unseated as our solar system’s ninth planet in 2006. Since then astronomers have found signs that a real ninth planet could be hiding at the edges of our solar system. Clara Moskowitz, senio...
Going Outside Can Change Our Hormones and Improve Microbiome Diversity
Jan 08, 2025Going outside has many benefits, from positively affecting our nervous system to diversifying our microbiome. But you don’t need a forest preserve to benefit from nature—sometimes even a houseplant or...
A Farewell to 2024, and What We’re Following in the New Year
Dec 23, 20242024 brought heat waves and hurricanes, bird flu and breakthroughs, and an overwhelming amount of progress in AI. Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman is joined by sustainability editor Andrea Thompson...