It’s no secret that air pollution is a serious problem facing the world today. Just how serious? A new study on global daily levels of air pollution shows that hardly anywhere on Earth is safe from unhealthy air.
About 99.82% of the global land area is exposed to levels of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) — tiny particles in the air that scientists have linked to lung cancer and…
Read moreThe first reported person in the world has received a genetically modified pig kidney. A transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully performed the groundbreaking, four-hour procedure on Richard Slayman, a 62-year-old manager at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, on March 16. His doctors report he is doing well and expect him to leave the hospi…
Read moreAmericans across the political spectrum are united–at least when it comes to hating high gas prices. That’s why EPA’s proposed clean car standards, which will lead to wider choices in skip-the-gas-pump electric vehicles, are such good news for everyone.
The new standards will help encourage carmakers to offer many more affordable EV options for consumers. That, …
Read moreOur world has never witnessed a time of greater promise for improving human health. Many of today’s health advances have stemmed from a long arc of discovery that begins with strong, steady support for basic science. In large part because of fundamental research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which traces its roots to 1887, Americans are living longer, healthier lives.…
Read moreThere was nobody aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon to feel the jolt when the spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:45 a.m. ET Friday morning off the Florida coast after six days in orbit. There aren’t all that many people left in the world who can even describe firsthand what a splashdown feels like, since the last time one occurred was at the end of the final Apollo mission, in…
Read moreTemperature records are being shattered across Europe this week as the continent swelters in its second heat wave this summer.
“We are observing weather since 1833 and we never experienced these kind of temperatures,” David Dehenauw, chief forecaster at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, told the BBC.
The Netherlands experienced record high temperatures of 39…
Read moreAre you bored by being alone with your thoughts? Does the thought of cooking a meal, brushing your teeth, or taking a walk without a podcast, TV show, or music playing send you into a cold sweat? If so—according to a trend circulating on social media—you’re a great candidate for something called a “dopamine detox.”
It involves identifying behaviors that you …
Read moreAs Americans buy up special eclipse glasses and flock to one of the dozen states that will see a total solar eclipse on Monday, authorities have become concerned about whether there will be enough bathrooms, hotels, restaurants or supermarkets to sustain these tourists.
The hype surrounding this summer’s eclipse is “remarkably similar” to the kind that swept the U.S. in …
Read moreWith every person who gets vaccinated, our communities become that much better protected against COVID-19. However, that bubble of protection isn’t being shared across the United States equally—and some of the most vulnerable people are getting left behind, even as 51.9% of the population is fully vaccinated as of June 2.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention repor…
Read moreThe Biofabricate Summit, led by sector expert Suzanne Lee, was held at the Fiminco Foundation, a pharmaceuticals industrial site, where remedies against anaemia and tuberculosis were first tested a century ago, as many visitors from France and other countries discovered. The alternative materials presented at the summit, about 40 of them, were exhibited under the foundation’s imposing ceiling…
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