(DES MOINES, Iowa) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called…
Day: May 9, 2024
Bread Recalled in Japan After ‘Rat Remains’ Were Found in Loaves
(TOKYO) — Loaves of bread have been taken off store shelves in Japan after the remains of “a small animal” believed to be a rat were found. Production of the…
How to Stop Bird Flu from Becoming the Next Pandemic
If H5N1 turns into a full-blown pandemic, we are currently in chapter one. To prevent chapter two from becoming a reality, the most important tool in our arsenal will be…
Scientists Are Finding Out Just How Toxic Your Stuff Is
If you are newly suspicious about the safety of the products in your medicine cabinet, there’s a good chance you have Valisure, a tiny laboratory in New Haven, Conn., to…
States should enact energy use caps to lock in efficiency gains
The following commentary was written by Chris McElroy, a PhD student studying ecological economics at the University of Vermont. See our commentary guidelines for more information. Electrification and energy efficiency improvements promise…
What’s the Best Kind of Sunscreen?
Sunscreen is a $10 billion business, with a seemingly endless array of products available for sale. Walk into your local drugstore and you’ll find chemical and mineral formulas in virtually…
Fuqiang Song: The effects of long-term in situ N addition on the Korean pine plantation soil microbes and their regulation of soil priming effect
In this new post, Professor Fuqiang Song of Heilongjiang University presents his work ‘Nitrogen addition suppresses soil positive priming effect in temperate plantations: evidence from an 8-year in situ field…
Why does my cat sleep so much?
You may have noticed cats spend a lot of time snoozing, but have you ever wondered why they sleep so much? Reasons cats sleep so much Cats typically sleep around…
The Land That Doesn’t Need Ozempic
In March 2023, the Japanese medical authorities announced that the new weight loss drug Wegovy—which was in staggering demand across the world, causing shortages everywhere—had been approved to treat obesity…
What would the Biden administration’s new truck rule mean for North Carolina?
To understand the stakes of cleaning up the most-polluting vehicles on our roads, look no further than Charlotte. The largest city in North Carolina, it’s at the crossroads of two…