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Science & Health (page 138)

Salon covers science and health news through investigations, insightful reporting, commentary and analysis.

The physician shows to patient a model of the liver (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

Mysterious hepatitis cases in kids

Nicole Karlis
Triceratops grazing on a magnolia tree next to cycas (Getty Images/Stocktrek Images)

When dinosaurs died, plants thrived

Matthew Rozsa
View of demonstrators as they stand behind a banner that reads 'In memory of Women Who Died from Illegal Abortions' during the March for Women's Lives demonstration, Washington DC, April 9, 1989. (Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

The photo that changed a movement

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Broken beaker glass in science laboratory (Getty Images)

Risk aversion is ruining science

Paul M. Sutter - Undark
(Leonardo Carrato/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The world is losing way too many trees

Chad Small - Grist
Distressed doctor wearing protective suit to fight coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

Climate change is good news for viruses

Matthew Rozsa
US actress Amber Heard looks over he shoulder during the 50 million US dollars Depp vs Heard defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia,on April 14, 2022. (SHAWN THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Stigma of BPD looms over Heard trial

Nicole Karlis
A young woman sits at her desk and takes notes. She has her head in her hand in concentration. (Getty Images/FatCamera)

High schoolers' extreme college anxiety

Gail Cornwall
Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Why it’s raining harder than ever

Joseph Winters - Grist
A Vial of Blood (Getty Images/Jennifer A Smith)

What happens when you drink blood

Nicole Karlis
(James Ransom / Food52)

Fennel is our favorite spring herb

Lindsay-Jean Hard - Food52
Plastic-degrading bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis, 3D illustration (Getty Images/Dr_Microbe)

The bacteria that eat plastic waste

Matthew Rozsa
Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks down the House steps at the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, April 1, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gaetz inaccurate diagnosis of insulin

Colleen DeGuzman, Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
Old perfume bottles on a shelf at the Gulab Singh Johrimal perfume store on November 24, 2015 in Old Delhi, India (Arkaprava Ghosh/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Is this what love smells like?

Roc Morin
Teacher hosting online class (Getty Images/PhotoAttractive)

Influencer culture permeates academia

Brooke Erin Duffy
Veterinarian cuddling dog (Getty Images/LWA/Dann Tardif)

Veterinarians are getting burnt out

April Dembosky - KFF Health News
Positive Cassette rapid test for COVID-19 (Getty Images/Massimiliano Finzi)

The science of false positives

James C. Zimring
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks following a visit with expecting families and caregivers at UCSF Mission Bay on April 21, 2022 in San Francisco, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

White House: Paxlovid shortage is over

Eric Schank
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Therapists weigh in on Depp-Heard trial

Nicole Karlis
A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman at a vaccination center run by Amgaon Primary Health Center, which serves the tribal villages of the Talasari region in India. (Photo by Puja Changoiwala for Undark.)

Puja Changoiwala
A sign outside of The Pit alerts fans that they will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result for entry to the arena before a game between the Utah State Aggies and the New Mexico Lobos at The Pit on January 08, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Sam Wasson/Getty Images)

Avoid the unvaccinated like the plague?

Eric Schank
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the lower right portion of the image– at 11:57 p.m. EST on April 19, 2022. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and is colorized in SDO channel color blue. (NASA/SDO)

Bad weather on the sun heads for Earth

Nicole Karlis
Empty strip-mall parking lott (Getty Images/kevinjeon00)

Health systems take over malls

Blake Farmer - KFF Health News
U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron speak at a G7 summit on June 12, 2021. (Getty Images)

What Macron's win means for climate

Shannon Osaka - Grist
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