Chad’s Ennedi Plateau holds thousands of rock paintings from a climate catastrophe. 6,000 years ago the Sahara had rivers and grasslands. The art shows cattle, giraffes, elephants—and how people adapted as it dried.

The EPA will no longer assign a dollar value to lives saved or health benefits from key air pollution rules, changing how clean air protections are weighed against industry costs. Originally published by @vox.com 

AI sits in billions of phones. Refusing to engage won't stop it, just leaves vulnerable people without knowledge. Demand ownership and control, not abstinence.

Once a top secret wartime facility producing atomic bomb material, Oak Ridge has evolved into a hub for supercomputers, isotope production, and advanced science tied to energy and medicine.

Evolution didn't stop when we landed on the moon. Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf argues we're undergoing a new evolutionary shift: spreading life beyond Earth. The solar system could support 50 trillion humans across 6,000 biospheres.

The Problem with Plastic argues that recycling alone cannot fix a crisis driven by growing production. A new book review examines how plastic’s health and environmental costs are built into everyday products.

A centuries-old forensic lung float test long used to judge whether a baby was born alive is now being called junk science by medical examiners who warn it has "questionable value” in stillbirth investigations. Originally from @propublica.org 

Frostlines takes readers into the Arctic’s warming world, blending travel, natural history, and human stories that show how climate shifts are reshaping lives and landscapes.

Dietary guidelines warned against saturated fat for 45 years. Now they're prioritizing it. A Stanford professor says the new approach "goes against decades of evidence." What changed?

Oak Ridge National Laboratory began as a secret Manhattan Project site and is now the nation’s largest multi-program science and energy lab, where nuclear history meets supercomputing and modern research.

Ancient rock art traces the Sahara’s transformation: cattle herds in wet eras, horses as climate shifted, then camels marking today’s desert. Stone paintings record 6,000 years of climate change and human survival.

As GPS jamming and spoofing increase, governments and researchers are developing backup navigation systems and new technologies to reduce dependence on a system that can be disrupted with relatively simple tools.

As the U.S. population ages, demand for eldercare is rising while the workforce providing that care continues to shrink, leaving families to piece together support through unpaid labor and unstable caregiving arrangements.

A couple bought 828 acres in Texas and found two whooping cranes on their property. Instead of fighting it, they protected 573 acres with The Nature Conservancy. The cranes returned every year for 26 years.

Post-Dobbs, 400+ people were charged with pregnancy-related crimes. Over 30 involved pregnancy loss. The lung float test was used to prove some guilty. Medical examiners groups have warned to stop using it. Originally from @propublica.org 

From early 2025: Our opinion piece argued that Greenland’s real importance isn’t territory or power but its ice sheet and the global impacts its loss could have on sea levels and climate.

Refusing AI creates people unprepared to use it responsibly. That's how misinformation and manipulation win. We need critical literacy, not abstinence.

Plastic pollution costs the U.S. $250 billion in health care annually. Microplastics in lungs, livers, breast milk. Fossil fuel companies sold us the recycling myth. "The Problem With Plastic" reveals what needs to change.

Luna 3 processed photographs on-board with film and a primitive digital camera in 1959. We now have images of moons 1.4 billion kilometers away. Scharf's book asks: if we've come this far, how much farther can we go?

When Denmark required Bovaer, a farmer used it. His cows got sick. Some died. He questioned himself until they recovered when he stopped. Now he doesn't believe in climate policy. How do you fix that kind of trust damage?

Boulder faced extreme wildfire threat when NCAR's potential closure was announced. The utility used NCAR forecasts to prevent fires. Research protecting the city may now be dismantled for political reasons. Published by @insideclimatenews.org 

Trump wants Greenland's rare earth minerals and oil. But extraction is hard. The real issue? The ice sheet melting, holding 20+ feet of sea level. Originally published by @insideclimatenews.org 

When journals make money per article published, they have no incentive to reject junk science. A librarian: "The journal's interest in rejecting bad science is in direct conflict with its interest in maintaining revenue." This is the APC model.

New CDC funding supports a hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. Not all newborns get the standard birth dose. Researchers warn this crosses ethical lines. Why run it this way? Originally published by @notus.com 

Anti-seed oil movement traces to: Paleo diet hype, old 1960s-70s studies cited repeatedly, misinformation on social media. Science since then? Seed oils can be beneficial. Context matters more than the oil itself.

The Trump administration restricts student loans for allied health professionals. Physical therapists and social workers get lower caps than doctors. These jobs require advanced degrees. The rules could worsen existing shortages.

The U.S. spends $200–$300 billion on biomedical research using animals. In "Lab Dog," Melanie Kaplan reveals few appreciable benefits justify the suffering involved.

The low-fat diet made Americans fatter. Now guidelines push saturated fat? Experts worry this shifts people toward red meat instead of fiber-rich, healthier options.

Abstinence-only sex ed didn't work. Zero-COVID harmed millions. Zero-AI ignores reality: billions use it. Instead demand: public expertise, accountability, regulation, democratic control. Not ideological purity.

Health care is a team. Doctors depend on physical therapists and social workers. These jobs need advanced degrees but get lower loan access. Restricting funding for essential workers hurts the entire system and patients.

Only 16 whooping cranes were left 80 years ago. Now there are 550+ in the wild. One of North America's greatest conservation wins. But development, bird flu, power lines, and drought are converging on their Texas wintering grounds.

RFK Jr. says seed oils poison America. Trump's guidelines now recommend butter instead. But scientists say seed oils are safe, especially in salads. The backlash? Social media hype and cherry-picked 50-year-old studies.

A CDC-backed study compares hepatitis B outcomes by delaying vaccination for some babies in West Africa. Scientists question the design and potential risks. Is this necessary? Originally published by @notus.com 

Scientists discovered a possible link between EBV and lupus, a disease affecting mostly women. A vaccine could prevent it. But will we have political support to allow this research to move forward?

The Ennedi Plateau's rock art is not decoration. It's a climate record written in pigment. It documents how societies adapted when their world transformed from grassland to desert. A lesson from 6,000 years ago about resilience and change.

Scientific journals are accepting junk papers because they make money per submission. Authors pay $2-3k per article. Publishers make 40 percent profit margins. Taxpayers fund the research. The NIH is finally cracking down on APC fees.

Interference with GPS is being reported worldwide, from civilian aviation to maritime traffic, and experts warn that increasing reliance on vulnerable satellite signals could eventually lead to serious and widespread consequences.

Satellite boom creating a silent crisis. We're using the stratosphere as an incinerator dump. Scientist: "We're doing something new to the atmosphere that hasn't been done before." Originally published by @yalee360.bsky.social 

Nuclear expertise that once produced weapons-grade material has been reframed at Oak Ridge to include medical isotope production and energy research, even as new private nuclear ventures are drawn to the region.

Medical examiners' group just warned against the lung float test used to determine if a baby was born alive or stillborn. It's been used to convict pregnant women of murder. Originally published by @propublica.org 

Melanie Kaplan's dog Hammy was in a research lab. Now she investigates animal research ethics in "Lab Dog." Millions of dogs used. Billions spent annually. Few appreciable benefits found.

AI industry claims water use is minimal, less than golf courses. But water isn't like carbon. It's geographically specific. A data center draining one region's aquifer might be fine elsewhere. Location matters. Originally published by @wired.com 

Denmark required dairy cows to eat Bovaer to cut methane emissions. Within weeks, cows developed diarrhea, fever, weakness. Some died. 434 farms reported problems. Yet 110 studies say it's safe. Scientists are baffled.

In an interview, Jeffrey Morris says the vaccine safety monitoring system isn't broken and isn't beyond criticism. Neither extreme position is helpful. The truth requires careful interpretation of data, not panic or dismissal.

NCAR forecasts hurricanes, predicts wildfires, and provides computing infrastructure for scientists worldwide. Now its future is in question as political tensions escalate. Originally published by @insideclimatenews.org 

When monsoons no longer reached the Sahara, humans reorganized. Rock art shows the transition: pastoral scenes intensifying, animals fading, camels appearing. UNESCO preserves this 15,000-square-mile archive of climate upheaval etched in stone.

American research funding is collapsing. Most Americans still support science. If scientists learn to speak to people's real needs instead of lecturing, they can rebuild support.

100,000 satellites by 2040? Each produces 70 pounds of aluminum oxide nanoparticles on reentry. They stay aloft for decades and damage the ozone. Urgent research needed. Originally published by @yalee360.bsky.social 

Hammy spent four years in a lab. Years later, Melanie Kaplan asks: If animal suffering leads to human benefit, where's the ethical line? Her new book, "Lab Dog" explores this dilemma through his eyes.

The federal panel ended universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns. Now only high-risk babies get it. Public health experts warn this will result in preventable infections. Originally published by @19thnews.org