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/ 7 months agoEPA has lowered the screening level for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households across the US
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
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/ 7 months agoJoining NATO binds countries to defend each other – but this commitment is not set in stone
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in...
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/ 7 months agoUS laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citations
Since 2020, a team of legal researchers has collected more than 12,000 cases involving enslaved people and more than 40,000 cases...
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/ 7 months agoDigital public archaeology: Excavating data from digs done decades ago and connecting with today’s communities
Archaeologists preserve records of their excavations, but many are never analyzed. Digital archaeology is making these records more accessible and analyzing...
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/ 7 months agoKeeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will prepare students to perform medicine while thousands of miles away from Earth
Future space missions will fly farther and longer than ever before – which means crew members may need more involved medical...
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/ 7 months agoPhilly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home testing could lower rates
Syphilis cases have increased 30% among 15- to 24-year-olds in Philadelphia since 2019, while cases of gonorrhea are up 18%. Chlamydia...
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/ 7 months agoSouthern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church
A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the same.
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/ 7 months agoElder fraud has reached epidemic proportions – a geriatrician explains what older Americans need to know
Unfortunately, there’s no cure for scammers – but you can build immunity against them.
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/ 7 months agoIs Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change
The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.
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/ 7 months agoModern surgery began with saws and iron hands – how amputation transformed the body in the Renaissance
Gunpowder warfare kicked off a new era of invasive surgery and prosthetic technology in Western medicine.
