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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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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/ 6 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.
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/ 6 months agoThe Hubble telescope has shifted into one-gyro mode after months of technical issues − an aerospace engineering expert explains
Hubble’s technical issues continue. But through some clever engineering, the telescope can continue operations with just 1 gyroscope.
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/ 6 months agoAbortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America
The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college,...
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/ 6 months agoOral nicotine pouches deliver lower levels of toxic substances than smoking – but that doesn’t mean they’re safe
While manufacturers say they are marketing oral nicotine pouches as a safer alternative for people who already smoke, nonsmokers and young...
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/ 6 months agoWhat parents in Michigan – and everywhere – should know about secure gun storage after the Crumbley convictions
Had James Crumbley taken 10 seconds to secure a cable lock, the lives of four teenagers may have been spared.
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/ 6 months agoModern-day outlaws, ‘sovereign citizens’ threaten the rule of law
At the core of sovereign citizen beliefs is the denial of the legitimacy of the government. They do not believe they...
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/ 6 months ago1789 or 1866 is not 2024: Why historians have a difficult task in guiding Supreme Court justices as they decide today’s legal issues
Lawyers, advocacy groups and think tanks are soliciting historians’ expertise on the history underlying certain Supreme Court cases. Yet this history-for-hire...
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/ 6 months agoSunday school – Monday through Friday: Oklahoma joins states with ‘release time’ laws letting K-12 kids leave school for religious lessons
The Supreme Court has twice weighed in on ‘release time’ policies, and many states allow districts to implement them.
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/ 6 months agoWhat Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
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/ 6 months agoPoop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the small intestine shed new light on ways to improve gut health
Your upper intestine is host to a distinct population of microbes that play a role in digestion, metabolism and immunity.
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/ 6 months agoQuantum computers are like kaleidoscopes − why unusual metaphors help illustrate science and technology
Novel metaphors can make it easier to understand complex concepts such as quantum computing.
