Science & Health
News and updates from the health and science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.
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These senators are going after the biggest climate villains in Washington
Sens. Whitehouse, Heinrich, and Schatz discuss how to hold the Chamber of Commerce accountable.
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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest destruction is at its highest rate in more than a decade
New satellite measurements show an alarming spike in deforestation this year.
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Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid. Here’s how it can adapt.
The centralized, top-down power grid is outdated. Time for a bottom-up redesign.
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The world’s most livable city is a smoker’s paradise
Vienna finally gets a smoking ban on November 1.
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She lost her son to addiction, then lost her house to save her daughter
A mother’s story on the grave cost of addiction treatment in America.
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Car-free zones could be the future of cities
San Francisco and New York City are limiting cars on certain streets to prioritize other modes of transit.
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The survivors
A year after the Camp Fire nearly leveled Paradise, California, the money is drying up and a lawsuit rages. Can recovery efforts ever return a community to its old self?
