Tag: life & news
What does exposure to environmental chemicals mean for our health?
Ivy Shiue, Northumbria University, Newcastle
It is not possible to live in a chemical-free world on Earth. Chemicals are all around us, and some, like...
How climate change is making California’s epic drought worse
Catherine Gautier, University of California, Santa Barbara
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series...
Time to end Europe’s disgrace of holding Greek people hostage
Joerg Bibow, Skidmore College
It was never going to be easy. That much was known from the outset.
Greece’s newly elected government and the country’s creditors...
Tiny beads, big problem, easy fix: why scientific evidence supports a...
Chelsea Rochman, University of California, Davis and Sara Kross, University of California, Davis
Every day, millions of people around the world wash their skin and...
How much government surveillance will Americans accept?
Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame
The expiration of key provisions of the US Patriot Act – and the passage of the USA Freedom Act...
How national security gave birth to bioethics
Jonathan D Moreno, University of Pennsylvania
Starting near the end of World War II and continuing until the 1970s, the US government sponsored radiation experiments...
Are parents morally obligated to forbid their kids from playing football?
Kathleen Bachynski, Columbia University
In March 2015, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland shocked football fans when he announced his decision to retire after just...
Two covers, two culture shifts
Renee Cramer, Drake University
Sometimes, a picture can transform a culture.
Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, which exploded across the country this week, certainly elicits comparisons...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
