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With Hannah McElhinney's 'Wormhole', Alternative Medicine Risk Gets A Spotlight
Wormhole begins quickly. Hannah McElhinney’s cousin, who has travelled to Malaysia for a medical treatment, has sepsis. She’s in a coma. One page later, she’s dead. The pacing of the book’s opening ma...
Earth Sciences
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How Do Scientists Know Climate Change Made A Heat Wave Worse?
When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all?For many years, scientists could...
Life Sciences
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Your Brain Is Still Analog
Thinking used to be so fast that it was the pinnacle of speed to people. In 1849, Hermann von Helmholtz set out to make the mystical quantifiable and measured nerve impulses. They were electrical and ...
Medicine
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Tariffs Have Been Good For U.S. Whiskey Drinkers
Alcohol is a legitimate class 1 carcinogen but if you are going to roll the dice with cancer, tariffs have made it more affordable. In 2018, the Trump administration began to place retaliatory ta...
Physical Sciences
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Can Fully Electric Homes Be Affordable And Efficient?
Across Europe, running a home – whether you need to keep it cool in the summer or heat it during winter – usually means burning imported gas. That wastes energy and creates carbon emissions, contribut...
Social Sciences
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Is Climate Doom Discouraging Action? Here's How To Identify It
Every summer is getting hotter. Wildfires are blazing, and the worst is yet to come. There’s nothing to be done – we’re doomed! Sound familiar?This “climate doom” narrative can dominate the news cycle...
