On our radar: Less lightning over shipping lanes?
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Deadwood typically represents less than a tenth of the organic matter in forests, but plays an outsized role in supporting fungi, bacteria, insects and other life forms.
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Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — setting a model for other African countries.
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Popular Science.
https://www.popsci.com/environment/for-climate-and-livelihoods-africa-bets-big-on-solar-mini-grids/
The city of Reno, Nevada, is breaking records in ways it doesn’t like: A 2024 analysis of 241 cities showed that Reno has heated up faster than any other city in the United States.
While the country as a whole warmed by 2.6 degrees Fahrenheit on average between 1970 and 2023, Reno saw an increase of 7.6 degrees. A heat wave that hit Reno in July 2024 made for the hottest month in the Biggest Little City’s documented history.
Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — setting a model for other African countries.
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The Future of Transplanting Pig Organs in People: After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain.
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Smithsonian Magazine.
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More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a new heart, kidney or some other organ. Many will die waiting. Some scientists see new hope for these people in organs from pigs that have been engineered to work within the human body.
In people not adapted to life at altitude, the sparse oxygen can impair fetal growth, causing problems that can last a lifetime. Researchers are searching for remedies.
Tim Vernimmen
Like humans, capuchins are curious, manipulative, almost obsessively social and not to be messed with, and — as primatologist Susan Perry has explained in two articles in the Annual Review of Anthropology — there is a lot we can learn from them on how culture, including our own, evolves.
Learn more about this in our recent article republished by The Wire.
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Differences between the immune systems of males and females — in particular, ones involving cells called microglia — might help explain why the risk for conditions such as autism and Alzheimer’s varies between the sexes. #internationalwomensday
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2022/sex-immunity-brain
It took a long time to figure out how attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder presents in girls and women and the problems it can create. A pioneering study helped change that, but the condition is still often missed. #internationalwomensday
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2020/adhd-in-girls-and-women
Fluctuating levels of estrogen during a period known as perimenopause can wreak havoc on the mental health of women in midlife. Diagnosis and treatment have been elusive despite symptoms as serious as suicidal thoughts. #internationalwomensday
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2022/when-depression-sneaks-menopause
#OPINION: Systemic inequity means women in the US die younger and suffer more than they should. It’s time for health for all. #internationalwomensday
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2022/america-failing-women-health
As AI transforms society with powerful new tools, key players like the European Union, China and the United States pursue different strategies to manage its risks and safeguard ethical use.
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In metros like Reno, Nevada, citizen scientists hit the road to collect detailed temperature data — key to taming urban heat, saving lives and designing for a cooler future.
Ula Chrobak
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