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Science & Health (page 177)

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

Ship with thick black sooty exhaust (Getty Images)

The true cost of shipping junk

Maria Gallucci - Grist
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)

Texas now has more COVID deaths than NY

Brad Reed - Raw Story
Digital generated image of COVID-19 cells organized into triangle shape and made delta sign. (GEtty Images/Andriy Onufriyenko)

The curious Provincetown COVID outbreak

Matthew Rozsa
Close up man head of hair loss (Getty Images/Chanakon Laorob)

Why, where and how we go bald

Matthew Rozsa
Coronavirus cell with DNA strands and white blood cells (Getty Images)

CDC fears the worst from delta: report

Matthew Rozsa
Atlantic Salmons in a river (Getty Images)

How Crispr could protect wild salmon

Lisa Abend - Undark
A tree stump is engulfed in flames in the Bravo Bravo section of the Bootleg Fire on July 21, 2021 in the Fremont National Forest of Oregon. The Bootleg Fire, which started on July 6th near Beatty, Oregon, has burned over 395,000 acres and is currently 38% contained. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Good wildfire news?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
A doctor prepares syringes that contain the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at a mobile vaccination center in the Markkleeberg suburb town hall on May 10, 2021 in Leipzig, Germany. Germany has succeeded in accelerating its nationwide vaccinations in recent weeks. Approximately one third of the population has received a first dose. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

Don't skip that second shot!

Matthew Rozsa
Researchers observed bright flares of X-ray emissions, produced as gas falls into a supermassive black hole. The flares echoed off of the gas falling into the black hole, and as the flares were subsiding, short flashes of X-rays were seen – corresponding to the reflection of the flares from the far side of the disk, bent around the black hole by its strong gravitational field. (Dan Wilkins)

Astronomers see behind a black hole

Nicole Karlis
Coronavirus, Covid-19 spores (Getty Images)

Unraveling delta's mysterious mutations

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
Poison Ivy (Getty Images/Ed Reschke)

Why poison ivy is getting stronger

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Health technician clad in full protective equipment performs a nasal swab for the antigen COVID-19 test (Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images)

What to expect from a breakthrough case

Nicole Karlis
USA's Simone Biles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Simone Biles vs. mental health stigmas

Matthew Rozsa
Coronavirus, Covid-19 spores (Getty Images)

COVID may cause male infertility

Ranjith Ramasamy - The Conversation
#FreeBritney activists protest outside Courthouse in Los Angeles during Conservatorship Hearing on April 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Why conservatorships can breed abuse

Naomi Cahn - The Conversation
Doctor giving first aid bandage after vaccination to senior woman (Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images)

Is Pfizer's vaccine waning in efficacy?

Nicole Karlis
Woman wearing protective mask sitting in bus (Getty Images)

CDC updates mask recs for vaxxed

Nicole Karlis
Robot sitting on stairs using laptop (Getty Images)

Avoiding the robot apocalypse

John Feffer - TomDispatch.com
(Getty/sudok1)

Mental illness informs brain science

Elizabeth Landau - Undark
Astronaut in outer space (Getty Images)

Bezos shade? FAA redefines "astronaut"

Nicole Karlis
Tuna Sandwich (Getty Images)

Beyond Subway: Fish fraud is rampant

Matthew Rozsa
A butcher wears a mask and gloves as he works to deconstruct a lamb while at Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop in Oakland, Calif. Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Why the meat myth is harmful

Jennifer Barckley - Independent Media Institute
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying 60 Starlink satellites on November 11, 2019 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Starlink constellation will eventually consist of thousands of satellites designed to provide world wide high-speed internet service. (Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A new space treaty for the 21st century

Ramin Skibba - Undark
Young man stroking his black cat (Getty Images)

Does your cat really love you?

Matthew Rozsa
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