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What Can Menstrual Blood Reveal about Health and Disease? July 4, 2022
Researchers routinely examine saliva, skin, teeth, and even feces for clues about health and disease. The conventional view suggests menstrual blood is merely a waste product. However, some scientists are studying menstrual effluent as well, making a case against longstanding taboos and stigma.
Emma Yasinski
Interview: James Poskett on Reframing the History of Science July 1, 2022
In “Horizons,” a historian of science casts a wider lens on the last five centuries of scientific achievement, highlighting the crucial contributions of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and African astronomers, mathematicians, evolutionary thinkers, geneticists, chemists, and other non-Western figures.
Dan Falk
Davos Was a Case Study in How Not to Talk About Climate Change June 30, 2022
Fawning media coverage of corporate climate pledges and clean technology investments elides a fundamental truth of the climate crisis: Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions will require steep personal sacrifices, especially from the world’s wealthiest people. Anything else is just spin.
Jag Bhalla