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Science & Health (page 31)

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

This artist's conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Supermassive black holes slowing growth

Fan Zou, W. Niel Brandt
A person holds a sign in opposition to a policy that the Chino Valley school board is meeting to vote on which would require school staff to "out" students to their parents if they ask to be identified by a gender that is not listed on their birth certificate on July 20, 2023 in Chino, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Law bans schools from sharing pronouns

Matthew Rozsa
Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks to Fox News anchor Sean Hannity (not seen) on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

JD Vance threatens abortion access

Nicole Karlis
Obstetrician and gynecologist Taylar Swartz uses an ultrasound scanner to check the health of Addie Comegys’ baby on May 30, 2024. (Tony Leys/KFF Health News)

Rural hospitals now face baby bust

Tony Leys - KFF Health News
The Key Largo tree cactus can grow to impressive heights. (Photo courtesy of Susan Kolterman)

Sea level rise causes local extinction

Matthew Rozsa
Planet Mars (Getty Images/Baac3nes)

The icy climate of Mars' past revealed

Matthew Rozsa
Barnyard Range Free Chickens in Rural Western Colorado Outdoors (Getty Images/eyecrave productions)

Human bird flu cases more than doubles

Nicole Karlis
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

Last queen of Hawaii and deep-sea mining

Anita Hofschneider - Grist
A farm worker walks through one of the barns at the A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm Thursday Nov. 2, 2017 in Valatie, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale /Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

Farmworkers at highest risk for bird flu

Marin Scotten
Octopus with diver's hand underwater (Getty Images/Martin Steinthaler)

Plumbing the depths of animal minds

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 15, 2024. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Abortion restrictions harm mental health

Brad Greenwood, Gordon Burtch, Michaela R. Anderson - The Conversation
Women are showing signs when the abortion rights activists are protesting in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 24, 2024. (AASHISH KIPHAYET/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Abortion ban "hidden in plain sight"

Nicole Karlis
A gloved hand holding a blood agar plate with bacteria colonies grown, and a thermometer reading 39 degree Celsius. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Climate change harming antibiotics

Howard Dean
Vet looking at a calf on a farm (Getty Images/Westend61)

Finland offering workers bird flu shots

Amy Maxmen, Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
A family physician and her resident look over an ultrasound the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Center for Reproductive Health clinic on June 23, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Abortion misinformation is "reckless"

Nicole Karlis
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

Musk wants to give sperm for Mars colony

Griffin Eckstein
Eggs in a carton (Getty Images/Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Egg facility prompts bird flu emergency

Rae Hodge
In this handout photo provided by NASA, (L-R) ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthais Maurer, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico on May 6, 2022 off the coast of Tampa, Florida. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)

Even short space trips alter human body

Susan Bailey - The Conversation
Exoplanet HD 189733b (NASA/ESO/M. Kornmesser)

A stinky exoplanet rains molten glass

Matthew Rozsa
A firefighting helicopter performs a water drop as the Lake Fire burns in Los Padres National Forest with evacuation warnings in the area on July 6, 2024 near Los Olivos, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Heat making Earth "weird" — and deadly

Matthew Rozsa
Jennifer Garner and daughter Violet Affleck are seen on May 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)

Violet Affleck advocates for masking

Nicole Karlis
LNG Tanker ASYA ENERGY sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of the Mediterranean port of Limassol. (Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Death of Biden’s gas export pause

Jake Bittle - Grist
Cows queuing for their midway milking at United Dreams Dairy, in North Freedom, Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. (Matthew Ludak for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bird flu mutations spark concern

Nicole Karlis
A billboard shows the current temperature over 100 degrees on June 05, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. According to the National Weather Service, Phoenix will experience record temperatures over 100 degrees as a pattern of high pressure builds over the region. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Heat deaths in Phoenix nearly doubled

Matthew Rozsa
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