Help keep Salon independent

Science & Health (page 279)

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

OR-11, a male pup (born spring 2011) from the Walla Walla pack, waking up from anesthesia after being radio-collared on Oct. 25, 2011. It was the second wolf in the pack to be collared. (Photo courtesy of ODFW.)

Why wolves need protection (from Trump)

Suzanne Stone - Independent Media Institute
In this July 8, 2015 file photo a bumblebee gathers nectar on a wildflower in Appleton, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Plight of the bumblebee

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(Shutterstock)

Survey reveals troubling anti-vaxx rise

Farah Qaiser - Massive Science
(Getty/BackyardProduction)

The twisty history of paternity testing

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduces the Medicare for All Act of 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The meaning of "Medicare for All" varies

Shira Tarlo
(Shutterstock)

What was found in the FDA's database

Sydney Lupkin - KFF Health News
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Even brief teenage smoking alters brain

Constanza Paulina Silva Gallardo - Massive Science
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2009 file photo, Pepsi drinks are on display at JJ&F Market in Palo Alto, Calif. PepsiCo says it’s dropping aspartame from Diet Pepsi in response to customer feedback and replacing it with sucralose, another artificial sweetener commonly known as Splenda. The decision to swap sweeteners comes as Americans keep turning away from popular diet sodas. Coca-Cola said this week of April 20, 2015, that sales volume for Diet Coke fell 5 percent in North America in the first three months of the year.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (AP)

The science of sugar substitutes

Jamie Pitlick - The Conversation
Tania (not her real name) washes clothes at a shelter in Mexicali where she stayed with her family for several weeks, first waiting to apply for asylum, and then waiting for a court hearing. A week after this photo was taken, she fainted in the heat and was hospitalized. (Anna Maria Barry-Jester/Kaiser Health News) (Anna Maria Barry-Jester/Kaiser Health News)

This was the hottest June in history

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
(Getty/Alex Wong)

AMA abortion lawsuit spotlights doctors

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
(Getty/CherriesJD)

California implements stricter gun laws

Ana B. Ibarra - KFF Health News
FILE - In this June 14, 2011 file photo, various prescription drugs on the automated pharmacy assembly line at Medco Health Solutions in Willingboro, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (AP)

Trump endorses drug importation

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
Poppy Northcutt (National Geographic)

The first woman in Apollo's control room

Nicole Karlis
(Shutterstock)

Fourth of July is miserable for dogs

Christine Calder - The Conversation
(Getty/Artem_Egorov)

HIV-positive mice cured by gene editing

Nicole Karlis
This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid: 'Oumuamua. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Bizarre space rock is not alien-made

Nicole Karlis
Ehrenfest's efforts were perhaps best recognized by the informal title his colleagues conferred upon him: the conscience of physics. (Wikimedia Commons/The MIT Press Reader)

The forgotten physicist

Eric Johnson - MIT Press Reader
(Getty/electravk)

LGBTQ health care in jeopardy

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
Environmental Protection Agency headquarters (iStock/Skyhobo)

EPA wants minimal limits on perchlorate

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
(Getty/Marija Jovovic)

Self-care has become a status symbol

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

Non-English speakers face health setback

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News

Climate change and the end of the world

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Cappan)

Black holes don't always start as stars

Nicole Karlis, Keith A. Spencer
(Getty/PeopleImages)

« Previous
Page: 279
Next »
Advertisement: