Those heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation’s largest dental association said Thursday it will no longer…
Day: February 2, 2024
Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases Strike Far More Women Than Men. Now There’s a Clue Why
WASHINGTON — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system attacks their own bodies — and new research may finally explain why.…
The Psychology of the Cold-Weather Shorts Guy
When Tom Holland, a 54-year-old exercise physiologist, shovels snow at home in Connecticut, someone always starts shouting at him. A neighbor—lots of neighbors, actually—will drive by, roll down the window,…
Healthy Activities Save Kids’ Lives. Why Are They So Hard to Find?
It was a quiet Saturday morning, and as a pediatrician who had a busy week, that meant it was the perfect time to cozy up with a large mug of…
Call for Proposals: Cross Journal Special Feature on “Large Scale, Open Data, and a Big Tent: Leveraging collaboration, transparency, and inclusion to advance macrosystems biology”
Functional Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Methods in Ecology and Evolution and People and Nature are seeking proposals for a cross-journal Special Feature on “Large Scale, Open…
February is Dental Health Awareness Month
Guest blog by Dr Juanita, repost from February 8, 2022 Did you know that February is Dental Health Awareness Month for our pets? The Ontario SPCA and our friends at…
Polls show most conservatives like clean energy. So why isn’t the North Carolina GOP doing more to support it?
Clean energy is aligned with conservative values. So says North Carolina Rep. Kyle Hall, a Republican legislator in his fifth term from a small town near Winston-Salem. “It’s conservative to…