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Science & Health (page 5)

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

Couple holding hands on the bed. (Getty Images / Maria Korneeva)

Psychedelics could fix your sex life

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A >5mm member of section Longisetae of the genus Mycena, so named for the long, hyaline spines (setae) which emanate from the pileus and stipe. Some members of this group are bioluminescent. (Danny Newman)

Secrets of Ecuador’s weird rare shrooms

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Scheme of parts of human brain with circuit board as brain anatomy. (Getty Images / Grafissimo)

Humans think — AI, not so much

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A dedicated female nurse supports a young autistic boy using sensory toys to enhance motor abilities. (Getty Images / Dusan Stankovic)

A misguided search for a cause of autism

Megan Roberts
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Virus spore in an ice cube (Getty Images/Yingko)

Prepping for diseases from melting ice

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Golden-crowned Sparrow. (picaday / Getty Images)

"Drab" species are studied less: study

John R. Platt - The Revelator
Man with eyes closed standing in blurred light. (Addictive Stock / Getty Images)

Trippy breathwork isn't for everyone

Elizabeth Hlavinka
White blood cells, a stack of platelets and red blood cells revealed in the photomicrograph of a thick film Giemsa-stained blood smear sample, 1971. (Getty Images/Smith Collection/Gado)

Sexual identity is in all cells

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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Wood frog (Getty Images/Auscape/Universal Images Group)

Animals that die and come back to life

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A woman running on a track (istock / Getty Images)

People are using cannabis as pre-workout

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Wedding reception for Ellen and Matthew Huxley, third and fourth from left, at the New School in New York, April 30, 1950. Also shown, from left: Ellen's parents; Maria Huxley and the author Aldous Huxley (far right). (Bettmann via Getty Images)

The acid trip too weird for the Huxleys

James Penner, Ed Prideaux
(Maryna Terletska/Getty Images)

Saving "cute" species: It's a start!

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Render of Planet Earth. (DrPixel / Getty Images)

NASA closer to predicting space weather

Elizabeth Howell
MMR vaccine. (SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Getting 2025's vaccine schedule right

Sue Peschin
A small town glows beneath a starry sky. (harpazo_hope / Getty Images)

Creatures of the night, unite

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy, who faced criticism for his past comments on vaccine, was confirmed by the Senate 52 to 48. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How public health can survive RFK Jr.

Troy Farah
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Satellite hurtling through space burning up as it enters the atmosphere. (PaulFleet / Getty Images)

Falling space debris: A growing threat

Joanna Thompson
A rooster is held in a cage on a farm on January 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The poultry industry as well as private flocks are suffering a health crisis as the bird flu continues to spread across the United States. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Factory farming's ticking time bomb

Michael Windsor
Diversity and inclusion. (designer491 / Getty Images)

Disability advocates fight DOGE cuts

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump shredding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s EPA to stop greenhouse gas data

Sharon Lerner - ProPublica
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Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff in "The White Lotus" and a Cerbera odollam tree (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Jouan/Rius / Gamma-Rapho / Fabio Lovino/HBO)

The truth of deadly "White Lotus" fruit

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Group of giraffe standing on grass. (Fiona / FOAP / Getty Images)

Giraffes promote peace in Kenya

Laurel Neme - The Revelator
Coronavirus crisis volunteer Rhiannon Navin greets local residents arriving to a food distribution center at the WestCop community center on March 18, 2020 in New Rochelle, New York. New Rochelle has been a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Now is the time for a COVID-19 synthesis

C. Brandon Ogbunu - Undark
Embers fall around a photographer as the Creek Fire rapidly expands on September 8, 2020 near Shaver Lake, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Trump fires workers who fight wildfires

Mark Olalde - ProPublica
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