Opinion: Climate Change Is Making Cities Sick
City leaders must do more to integrate climate concerns into public health policy.
The Battle to Get Gender Identity Into Your Health Records
A decade ago, most electronic health care records collected just one piece of gender-related data: sex. Here's how that changed.
Old brains can’t hear similar sounds but a drug can change that
As we age, telling tones apart gets harder – which makes learning languages difficult. A drug that restores hearing in old mice may one day improve human hearing
Strongest evidence yet that neonicotinoids are killing bees
Studies in Europe and Canada show that controversial neonicotinoid insecticides have adverse effects on reproduction of honeybees and wild bees
‘Missing link’ whale could filter feed and hunt larger prey
A whale that lived 30 million years ago had extraordinary back teeth for sieving out small prey, while its front teeth let it catch big prey too
The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer
In-depth analysis has revealed how running sends shocks through the body in greater detail than ever before, and hints at new ways to prevent common injuries
Artificially intelligent painters invent new styles of art
Big stylistic shifts in art usually come from genius painters like Picasso – but an AI is being trained to create unconventional pictures of its own
Wildfires’ ‘killer haze’ tracked with Twitter as it spreads
The Indonesian government is using a tool that mines social media chatter to track deadly smog and monitor the evacuation of local people
Access to the internet is great, but it’s not a human right
The ability to get online is now routinely regarded as a universal human right, but it really doesn't deserve that lofty status, says Steve Fuller
Your Connected Devices Are Screwing Up Astronomy
The radio spectrum is a limited commodity—and more and more of it is getting slurped up by consumer devices.