Proteins in milk and blood could one day let doctors detect breast cancer earlier – and save lives
Identifying proteins that are only present in bodily fluids when a patient has breast cancer could provide a way to screen healthy people for the disease.
March 14, 2024 • ~6 min
I’m a political scientist, and the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling turned me into a reproductive-rights refugee
I’m a scholar, not an activist or an advocate. But now one of the most intimate, personal events of our lives had been turned into a political event by the state’s highest court.
March 11, 2024 • ~10 min
The world’s business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation – here’s the data to prove it
A recently published report sheds light on how 350 big companies and 150 financial institutions are falling behind with goals to halt and reverse deforestation.
March 1, 2024 • ~7 min
What is IVF? A nurse explains the evolving science and legality of in vitro fertilization
IVF is a decades-old procedure that has allowed increasing numbers of prospective parents to have children. Evolving legislation may put it under threat.
Feb. 29, 2024 • ~7 min
Wildlife selfies harm animals − even when scientists share images with warnings in the captions
The caption may say that only scientists and trained professionals should handle wild animals, but viewers remember the image, not the words.
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~9 min
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