Over a million people in the US ration insulin because of high costs
An estimated 1.3 million adults with diabetes in the US rationed their insulin supply in 2021 to save money, according to the results of a national survey Health 17 October…
Should Parents Really Be Worried About Rainbow Fentanyl?
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to…
How Safe are U.S. Rivers 50 Years After the Clean Water Act?
For more than a century, the 3.5 million miles of rivers that snake across the U.S. were treated like open sewers and garbage cans, leaving them steeped in oil, paint,…
California’s 2020 Wildfires Negated Years of Emission Cuts
Carbon pollution from California’s 2020 wildfires erased 16 years of the state’s greenhouse gas emission cuts, according to a new UCLA study. The fires were the state’s most destructive on…
Some People Really Are Mosquito Magnets, and They’re Stuck That Way
As you may have noticed, mosquitoes don’t attack everyone equally. Scientists have known that the pests are drawn to people at varying rates, but they have struggled to explain what…
Acids in our body odour make some people more attractive to mosquitoes
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit yellow fever and Zika, may be more attracted to people with high levels of carboxylic acids in their body odour Health 18 October 2022…
The surprising role death plays in the stability of ecosystems
Ecologists have started to recognise the competition between younger and older generations within the same species, with some startling conclusions about nature’s requirement for mortality Environment 18 October 2022 By…
Covid-19 appears to affect memory less than other aspects of cognition
People who have had covid-19 can have lingering impairments in multiple aspects of cognition, but memory appears to be less affected Health 18 October 2022 By Grace Wade Covid-19 can…
Can Europe cut its electricity consumption enough to avoid blackouts?
The energy crisis will reach a crunch point as winter begins in Europe, with governments hoping they can cut consumption fast enough to avoid electricity shortages Environment 18 October 2022…
Human hibernation sounds fanciful, but it may now be saving lives
Trials involving swapping blood for cold saline show that exploring extraordinary ideas can lead to incredible benefits for human health Health | Leader 12 October 2022 Ben Welsh Premium/Alamy IF…