The discovery of a hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer in 1985 led to a worldwide effort to heal it. But are there lessons that can be applied to today’s treaty talks on climate change?
Amid a warming world, these conservationists have brought back a very old and very low-tech drought-busting practice, and they are getting results.
Avion Simon and his siblings, C.J. and Momo, lost their mom to COVID-19. Science has some ideas about the health hurdles that they and other COVID orphans could face in the future.
For decades, assumptions about weight have clouded our view of health
To understand the battle over e-cigarettes, one must look to history—and big tobacco
Being immune was once a status symbol—and another way to segregate and divide humanity
Investigating the potential danger to those who use tobacco products or e-cigarettes calls for a look at the lungs
The doctor’s firsthand experience with epidemics gives him a unique view of our current health crisis