Climate change is intensifying the water cycle, bringing more powerful storms and flooding – here's what the science shows

Extreme downpours caught people off guard from Las Vegas to Kentucky in July 2022.

Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell • conversation
July 29, 2022 ~5 min

Flood risk ratings: Translating risk to future costs helps homebuyers and renters grasp the odds

Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to deal with flooding over the next five years.

Marie Aquilino, Senior Research Analyst in Emergency Management, Arizona State University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~7 min


A better way to do flood and wildfire risk ratings: Translating risk to future costs helps homebuyers and renters grasp the odds

Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to deal with flooding over the next five years.

Marie Aquilino, Senior Research Analyst in Emergency Management, Arizona State University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~7 min

Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing

Manufactured housing – the preferred name for what were once called mobile homes – has changed dramatically in recent decades. Three planning experts call for giving it a new look.

Linda Shi, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~11 min

Flood and wildfire risks: Translating risk ratings into future costs can help homebuyers and renters grasp the odds – and act on them

Telling people they have a flood risk rating of 10 is less powerful than explaining how much they’re likely to pay to deal with flooding over the next five years.

Marie Aquilino, Senior Research Analyst in Emergency Management, Arizona State University • conversation
July 28, 2022 ~7 min

Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

Using a randomized field experiment, researchers discover that Wikipedia articles affect judges’ legal reasoning.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 27, 2022 ~8 min

Nature is the world's original pharmacy – returning to medicine's roots could help fill drug discovery gaps

With the dual threats of antibiotic resistance and emerging pandemics, finding new drugs becomes even more urgent. A trove of medicines may be lying under our nose.

Ashu Tripathi, Director, Natural Product Discovery Core; Assistant Professor/ Research of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan • conversation
July 27, 2022 ~9 min

How the omicron subvariant BA.5 became a master of disguise – and what it means for the current COVID-19 surge

Face masks are still an effective way to help stop the spread of the BA.5 subvariant.

Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Professor and Chair of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Penn State • conversation
July 26, 2022 ~8 min


3 reasons US coal power is disappearing – and a Supreme Court ruling won’t save it

An economist explains coal power’s rise and fall in charts.

Rebecca J. Davis, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance, Stephen F. Austin State University • conversation
July 26, 2022 ~7 min

Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads?

The first hammerhead shark was likely the result of a genetic deformity. A biologist explains how shark DNA reveals hammerheads’ history.

Gavin Naylor, Director of Florida Program for Shark Research, University of Florida • conversation
July 25, 2022 ~7 min

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