Children in Quebec, Canada, taking part in the Open Sky School programmeNathanael Corre/École à Ciel Ouvert Forest schools, where students spend some of their time learning outside, seem to have no immediate benefits to most children’s mental health, but could...
Magnet fisher James Kane cradles a shiny, four-pound magnetic disk: a stainless-steel shell housing an alloy of iron, neodymium and boron. He hucks it into a lake in a public park in New York City, then tugs it slowly toward...
Sodium-ion batteries could have advantages over those containing lithiumJuan Roballo/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Find out about our range of newsletters and sign up here. The clean energy revolution depends on batteries,...
Plastic waste in IndonesiaPA Images / Alamy The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of plastic pollution will double by mid-century – but they also say...
November 25, 20245 min readConfronting the Dangers of Silent Spread Is Necessary to Prevent Future PandemicsWe need targeted public health interventions to reduce transmission from asymptomatically infected individuals. Like COVID, silently spreading pathogens can lead to far more infections and...
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said that “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” That's a simple, profound and true statement.Moynihan’s words have particular relevance for our country and society after Donald’s Trump’s shocking 2024...
November 25, 20243 min readHow Humor Takes the Edge off Hard TimesWhen life feels difficult, humor can be a coping mechanism that relieves stress and offers the breathing room to keep going, scientists sayBy Meghan Bartels Three psychologists walk into...
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies that would pose...
The H5N1 bird flu virus has caused sporadic cases in humansLuca Bruno/Associated Press/Alamy If the H5N1 bird flu virus sparks a pandemic, older people may have better immunity than younger people because of past exposure to closely related viruses. In...
New York City’s East river is polluted and contains higher than average levels of carbon dioxideEd Rooney/Alamy On 14 November, I toured a shipping container bristling with tubes and wires, perched beside New York City’s East river. It is the...
