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PWSA’s stormwater director says Pittsburgh needs to fix flooding even if it raises costs
PWSA: After the Crisis Although the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has typically focused on providing clean water and transporting…
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Trains in the brain — Scientists uncover switching system used in information processing and memory
A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the…
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Coastal erosion, rising seas will lead to more conflicts over public beach access, experts say | CBC News
A dispute over access to a beach in Cumberland County is headed to court, the latest in a series of coastal…
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Is reducing opioids for pain patients linked to higher rates of overdose and mental health crisis?
Opioid therapy is complex. In recent years, a rise in opioid-related deaths and changing prescribing guidelines and regulatory policies have…
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Experimental model of ovarian cancer shows effect of healthy cell arrangement in metastasis: Link between defects in the arrangement of healthy cells, how quickly tumor cells invade tissue
Ovarian cancer devastates more than 20,000 women in the U.S. every year, due in part to its tendency to evade…
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An overactive sweet tooth may spell trouble for our cellular powerplants
The average American eats roughly 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day — more than three times the recommended amount…
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‘Hey, do you have a second?’— The upside of workplace interruptions: Research shows these disturbances can create a sense of belonging
If you work in an office environment, it’s a common occurrence: You’re right in the middle of a project and…
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Athing Mu Breaks American Record to Win Team USA’s First Olympic 800-Meter Gold in 53 Years
Tokyo may have been her Olympic debut, but 19-year-old Athing Mu ran like a veteran to capture Team USA’s first…
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Arguments over Housatonic PCB cleanup may be held by videoconference
Under terms of the revised Housatonic River cleanup agreement, the General Electric Co. will be permitted to dump more than…
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Boris Johnson ‘missing in action’ ahead of vital climate talks, says Keir Starmer
Vital UN climate talks are at risk of failure because Boris Johnson is “missing in action” while his climate spokesperson…
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Utahans seeking Lake Powell pipeline already use too much water, critics say | Nevada Current
There are cheaper, more efficient ways to meet the water needs of a growing population in Southern Utah than a…
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Tracking circadian rhythms from your smartwatch
Smartwatches are handy devices for people to keep track of the number of steps they take per day or to…
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NYC Is the First Major U.S. City to Require COVID-19 Vaccination to Enter Gyms, Restaurants, and Venues
Thanks to a new NYC vaccine mandate, you’ll soon need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to enjoy…
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John Kerry on the Unfathomable Stakes of the Next U.N. Climate-Change Conference
As wildfires, floods, and extraordinary storms ravage parts of the globe this summer, as glaciers cleave and collapse and the…
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Artificial stomach reveals fluid dynamics of food digestion: Droplet breakup shows how lower stomach contraction waves classify foods
In efforts to fight obesity and enhance drug absorption, scientists have extensively studied how gastric juices in the stomach break…
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49 Excellent Wellness Deals at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2021—the retailer’s biggest of the year—is sadly coming to a close this week. That said, it…
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Push to curb plastics use on cruise ships | Cyprus Mail
By Stavros Nikolaou The deputy ministry of shipping and Cypriot scientists are joining forces to develop greater environmental awareness about…
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Does visual feedback of our tongues help in speech motor learning? Real-time visual feedback of the tongue, provided by ultrasound, can make a difference in speech learning outcomes
When we speak, although we may not be aware of it, we use our auditory and somatosensory systems to monitor…
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Here’s How Olympic Steeplechaser Emma Coburn Stays Focused on Race Day
“I’m usually just chatting with Joe [Bosshard, her coach and husband] or texting with my sister,” she says. “Or, just…
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Nightbirde Drops Out of ‘America’s Got Talent’ as Her Cancer ‘Takes a Turn for the Worse’
Singer Nightbirde announced she will have to drop out of the running on America’s Got Talent to focus on her…
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Nikki Fried, Michele Rayner-Goolsby roll out clean water initiative
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and state Rep.Michele Rayner-Goolsby rolled out plans Tuesday to revamp the state’s out-dated clean water policies, including…
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Icahn Mount Sinai and historically Black medical school Meharry partner to address racism, improve diversity in science
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Meharry Medical College in Nashville announced a partnership on Tuesday to…
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New study details enzyme that allows coronavirus to resist antiviral medications
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has demonstrated a stubborn ability to resist most nucleoside antiviral treatments, but a new study…
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Statins may improve survival for triple-negative breast cancer patients
A study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found a significant association between cholesterol-lowering…
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Non-invasive method for diagnosing celiac disease
Celiac disease is a complex, autoimmune disorder that affects genetically susceptible individuals. It is estimated that 1% of the population…
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Simone Biles Earns Bronze in Her Return to Olympic Competition on Beam
Simone Biles returned to competition on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics to claim the bronze medal in balance beam, her…
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Miniature brain models developed to study causes of Alzheimer’s disease and to test drugs in development: Most people suffering from the memory condition have late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, yet most studies have focused on early-onset inherited Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers led by City of Hope have developed a powerful miniature brain platform to study the mechanistic causes of Alzheimer’s…
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Sneak Some Extra Veggies In With These New Sweet Potato-Crusted Chicken Tenders
If you enjoy frozen dinners, “kiddie” food, and packing extra veggies in whenever possible, you might want to give these…
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‘Not just a Lytton problem’: Tragedy highlights climate change dangers
In the extreme heat of late June, apples were literally baking on the branches of a tree in John Haugen’s…
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How sex cells get the right genetic mix – An interdisciplinary approach solves a century-old puzzle
A new discovery explains what determines the number and position of genetic exchanges that occur in sex cells, such as…
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IPCC aims to elevate women’s voices in climate science
For too long, the world’s foremost scientific body on global warming has overlooked the contributions of female scientists and the…
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What climate change could mean to the future of Mi’kmaw artisanship | CBC News
Some Mi’kmaw artisans in Nova Scotia have found it particularly hard this year to source traditional materials, such as birch…
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Jean Lafitte used this island for smuggling operations; Louisiana is trying to save it
Once the headquarters of Jean Lafitte and later the site of a U.S. military fort, West Grand Terre island now…
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The 7 Best Weight Loss Tips You’ll Ever Read
Struggling to shed weight and keep it off? We asked a registered dietitian, Nicole Hopsecger, RD, LD, for the top weight loss…
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Does it seem like it’s raining harder? Here’s what these LSU researchers found.
In May, a storm dumped 13 inches of rain in six to eight hours on parts of East Baton Rouge,…
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Recipe: Low-Calorie, Piccata Style Chicken Scaloppini
Bring a little Italian to your dinner table. This chicken scaloppini recipe calls for olive oil, garlic, fresh lemon and…
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Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice – Nature Communications
1. Cohen, A. J. et al. Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air…
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Beirut Is Greening the Aftermath of Disaster
The images that emerged from Beirut after the dust cleared were shocking: a city devastated by one of the most…
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What is Hypochlorous Acid and Why You Should Use It
A tough-sounding acid that’s a superhero in the fight against COVID-19 and gentle enough to use on your face to…
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How to Deal with Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Though narcolepsy is fairly well-studied and well understood by medical professionals, there’s far less data available on its close cousin,…
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New Moms Latched On to Remote Breastfeeding Help. Will Demand Wane as Pandemic Fades?
Kate Ruder Madison Cano knew she wanted to breastfeed her son, Theo. But breastfeeding was painful for her. The skin…
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Get high-risk pesticides out of our bodies.
Both in our personal lives and as a society, the consequences of dismissing warnings from science versus heeding them have…
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Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Just a quick walk through the parking lot of Choices-Memphis Center for Reproductive Health in this legendary…
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Life on the Houston Fifth Ward’s plume
Editor’s note: This story was produced and co-published in collaboration with Scalawag. HOUSTON — There’s a certain smell that reminds…
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A Health Care Giant Sold Off Dozens of Hospitals — But Continued Suing Patients
Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon doesn’t exist anymore as a hospital. But it still sued Hope Cantwell. A…
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As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking
TEHRAN — Pari Rahmanian and her daughters were sitting down to dinner in her brother’s third-floor apartment in south Tehran when…
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N.C. House energy bill still stirring debate
Democrats say the bill, which could govern electricity generation for decades to come, was drafted in secrecy. Rep. John Szoka,…
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Why it’s so hard and expensive to plug an abandoned well
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ July 29, 2021 GMT https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-climate-change-7392636504b2763de07ff4b3fe78710e An estimated 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across the country,…
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Nassau supervisor wants more testing around toxic superfund site
NASSAU – More testing for PCB-contaminated sediments that possibly moved downstream during recent flooding must be done along the Little…
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Fuel-Efficiency Standards Are Set to Get Tougher. The Question Is by How Much.
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is expected to announce stricter fuel-efficiency standards for new cars and light trucks as early as this…
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