The typical images that “climate change” conjures include disappearing coastlines and melting polar ice. But what about animals’ brains — including our own? Can they be affected by the changing climate? Sean O’Donnell, PhD, professor […]
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Quick Take: Drinking ‘raw water’ is more risk than reward
People following the new trend of drinking untreated, unfiltered water — as a healthier alternative to the tap — could actually be exposing themselves to a number of contaminants. A recent New York Times story […]
Q+A: What Will The Internet Look Like Post-Net Neutrality?
This month the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal regulations that require internet providers to allow all websites to access the same quality of connection. These regulations, put in place to protect a principal of […]
DNA Snapshot Helps Drexel Researchers Uncover Diseases Lurking in Ambulances
One in 25 hospital patients will contract an infection during their stay. Hospitals are well aware of the communicable diseases often transmitted among patients and take many precautions to reduce the risk. But new research […]
What’s it Like Being an American at a World Conference on Climate Change?
Since the Trump Administration announced that the United States would begin the process of exiting the Paris Agreement back in June, and has since slowly scrubbed mentions of climate change from many of its agencies’ […]
Q&A: Could Bali’s Mount Agung Have a Major Eruption?
Around 100,000 people on the Indonesian island of Bali have been evacuated from their homes, and more could follow as the island’s most prominent mountain has begun to show signs of a potential major eruption. […]
Parents, Here’s How Game Theory Can Help You Survive Candy Sharing on Halloween
The costumes looked great. The bags are stuffed with goodies. But the scariest part of Halloween is just getting started: dividing the spoils of trick-or-treating. Perhaps the family employed a divide-and-conquer strategy for the annual […]
What Goes Into a Controlled Burn?
The fires now ravaging North California have been particularly bad this year because years of drought have left the area much like a tinderbox. Without sufficient rain for years, many plants have been left dry […]
Q+A: Are We Planning to Fail by Repealing the Clean Power Plan?
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama Administration initiative intended to curtail greenhouse gas emissions so that the nation could reach the emissions benchmarks set forth in […]
Q+A: Are the Earthquakes in Mexico Related?
Can one earthquake beget another? In just 11 days, two severe earthquakes have struck Mexico. The first occurred off the country’s coast near the state of Chiapas Sept. 8, registering at a magnitude 8.1. The […]
