opinion
The Tables Have Turned
Despite rampant misinformation and an anti-vax president, Brazil found a way.
COVERING CLIMATE NOW
By using imaging scans to measure internal decay, researchers find forests may store far less carbon than we think.
DO BETTER
Despite Chinese drug makers’ track record of deceit, U.S. regulators continue to rely on a credulous inspection system.
POVERTY
For the first time, researchers are pinpointing where pollen levels are the highest to help residents with allergies and asthma protect themselves.
SWEEPIN’ THE CLOUDS AWAY
The children’s television show entranced preschoolers—and helped teach impressionable black kids.
CAUSE FOR CONCERN
Web-based health care could break down barriers to access. But it could also break down doctor-patient relationships.
INVASION
A recent documentary shows nutria devouring Louisiana’s wetlands—but the problems facing the coast are even bigger.
MISSING PERSONS
Patient-matching bedevils every hospital and doctor’s office, wasting money and risking patient safety. Experts want to get a handle on the problem.
FATHER FIGURE
In Israel, the right to a posthumously conceived child is increasingly being granted not just to partners, but to parents of the deceased.
CON JOB
Hucksters claim that drinking a few drops of hydrogen peroxide diluted in a glass of water will cure almost anything. How do they get away with it?