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Teresa Carr

Teresa Carr is an award-winning, Texas-based journalist with a background in both science and writing, which makes her curious about how the world works. She is a former Consumer Reports editor and writer, and a 2018 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. In 2019, she began penning the Matters of Fact column for Undark.

U.S. Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, presides over Howard Lutnick, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary, during his Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

In war against DEI in science, researchers see collateral damage

Teresa Carr, Margaret Manto
Signs showing support for both Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump sit along a rural highway on September 26, 2024 near Traverse City, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

How the election could affect toxic chemical regulation

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Farmer moves her cows into a barn for their evening milking on April 25, 2017 near Cambridge, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

How to pinpoint the H5N1 mortality rate in humans

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Tylenol, acetaminophen (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Can in-utero exposure to acetaminophen cause autism and ADHD?

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Typing on laptop (Getty Images)

Researchers ask: Does enforcing civility stifle online debate?

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Mark Cuban (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Mark Cuban’s new pharmacy business and the future of drug pricing

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A United Airlines employee stands at a counter with no customers in line at a nearly deserted Los Angeles International Airport due to the coronavirus pandemic (David McNew/Getty Images)

How better airline technology could minimize flight disruptions

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Scientists working in modern biotechnology laboratory (Getty Images)

Women’s professional STEM societies rethink gender diversity

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Debate erupts (again) over women’s libido drugs

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Doctor and patient on medical consultation (Getty Images)

Should you risk COVID-19 to get routine health screenings?

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In food safety regulations, a surprising paucity of research

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For gun locks and safes, lax oversight and lousy design

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Wriggling around law, insurers deny coverage for breastfeeding help

Teresa Carr