Psychedelic therapies such as psilocybin and MDMA may one day help people recover from severe depression, trauma, and substance abuse, but scientists are struggling to access them for studies due to strict regulations.
Mar. 3, 2022NASW news
Energy grid resilience: Making decisions under uncertainty
Severe winter storms slammed into Texas a year ago, causing the worst energy infrastructure failure in state history. During a Feb. 20 virtual panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, three experts weighed in on what grid resilience means, how we improve resiliency, and how we enact these changes in an equitable way.
Mar. 2, 2022
Cyborg jellyfish: The future of deep ocean exploration?
The dark depths of our ocean remain largely unexplored, making it one of the most mysterious and poorly understood regions on Earth. An aeronautical engineer at the California Institute of Technology thinks he’s discovered the perfect way to take the plunge – cyborg jellyfish.
Mar. 2, 2022
Study finds vaccine-like method may protect people from misinformation
Amid widespread promotion of vaccination against COVID-19, researchers have found a way to draw on the science of inoculation to combat misinformation.
Mar. 2, 2022Some scientists say they need to create better ways than p-values to explain their methodologies.
Mar. 2, 2022
Anthropologists push for policy changes to undo the erasure of the “invisible” dead
A movement is growing to atone for the erasures of mass human deaths during massacres, wars and other events whose true toll is only now being unearthed by forensic and anthropological studies of burial sites.
Mar. 2, 2022
As wildfire concerns grow, farm workers remain vulnerable
Both on and off the farm, the people who bear disproportionate health and economic risk from exposure to the blazes are undocumented immigrants.
Mar. 2, 2022
Emerging technology can reduce CO2 emissions from air cooling systems, experts say
Scientists have been working to develop cost-effective technologies that reduce CO2 emissions.
Mar. 2, 2022
Bloom boom: Emerging human health risks from a changing aquatic climate
While many are familiar with climate change’s impact on marine ecosystems, new research is showing how phenomena like harmful algal blooms bring profound risks to human health, as well.
Mar. 2, 2022