Pete Hudson is one of the OGs of digital health. As an emergency room doc he was fed up with his friends bothering him with their medical problems and he…
Day: October 9, 2024
9 Ways to Respond to Political Misinformation
It’s been an intense election season, from a candidate’s momentous dropout to meme-generating debates to assassination attempts. And that’s just accounting for the things that did happen—not the ones that…
Tons of Viruses Live in Your Toothbrush and Showerhead
Forget about public restrooms: It turns out your own bathroom is teeming with viruses. Researchers at Northwestern University studied two things that most people use everyday—their toothbrush and showerhead—to see…
Meet the (Blog) Editor: Arianne-Elise Harris
Hi there! My name is Arianne-Elise Harris and I’m an instructor in the Department of Biology at the University of Guyana. My interests lie in population ecology where I’ve spent…
Australian coal, oil and gas companies are making climate change worse
Australia is the world’s third largest fossil fuel exporter, after only Russia and the US. Though often ignored in political discussions, these exports make up a whopping 80% of Australia’s…
Santos’ aggressive legal tactics designed to silence public interest groups
SYDNEY, Wednesday 9 October 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today warned about the growth of US-style corporate legal tactics aimed at silencing public interest groups. In 2022 the Environmental…