Every day, people with foot pain hobble into Dr. Priya Parthasarathy’s podiatry office, and she asks them the same three questions: “What do you do for work? Where do you…
Day: March 19, 2024
Don’t Be Surprised If Your Doctor Starts Charging You for Email
Doctors are starting to charge for responding to email, and other offline tasks. Is it justified or just extra costs in an endless stream of medical bills? It’s 6 pm…
Air Quality Is Bad Pretty Much Everywhere, New World Pollution Report Finds
The rules of survival are simple: humans can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air. Air is the most vital resource to human life, and…
Tips for a smooth trip to the pet store with your furry friend
Whether you’re picking up essentials or treating your furry friend to some new toys, a trip to the pet store can be an enjoyable outing for both you and your…
Lina Aoyama: Root diversity in grasslands buffers biomass production under drought
In this post, Lina Aoyama, a PhD student at the University of Oregon, discusses their research “Functional diversity buffers biomass production across variable rainfall conditions through different processes above- versus…
Here Are the Viruses to Worry About Right Now
As winter ends, several viruses are still continuing to rise across the U.S., according to data from WastewaterSCAN, a network of wastewater surveillance sites. Norovirus, one type of influenza, and…
A Boston grocery store could become a proving ground for a new approach to equitable community solar
A group of energy equity advocates in Boston is launching a community solar cooperative they say could be a scalable model for both reducing carbon emissions and building wealth in…
Bitcoin, data centers fuel energy spike, risking climate goals
The United States is facing a new energy crisis — one that could make the climate crisis even worse. After more than 30 years of falling or flat demand for…
Seeing the forests and the trees
I was fortunate to be in Brazil recently and as part of the trip I visited the offices of Carbonext1 in São Paulo, one of the leading companies in the…
Microplastics, Major Problem
By KIM BELLARD It’s been almost four years since I first wrote about microplastics; long story short, they’re everywhere. In the ground, in the oceans (even at the very bottom),…