Abstract "Opinion pieces"
In India, a Need for New Antidotes to Curb Deadly Snakebites
This article by Kamala Thiagarajan was originally published on Undark.
Featured Story
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
Are We Having a Moral Panic Over Misinformation?
This article written by Joanna Thompson was originally published on Undark.
Health
In India, a Doubly Neglected Tropical Disease
This article by Monika Mondal was originally published on Undark.
Health
Global Injustice Is the Barrier to Sustainable Development
This article was originally published on Undark by Jag Bhalla.
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
Boost Innovation by Funding Younger Scientists
This article was originally published on Undark by Aman Majumdar from University of Chicago.
Health
'We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO
This article by Adrian Hill is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
‘How’s the Air?’ Using AI to Track Coal Train Dust
This article is written by Emma Foehringer Merchant is a journalist who covers climate change, energy, and the environment.
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
AI Alone Won’t Solve the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance
This article by Arjun V. K. Sharma was originally published on Undark.
Health
In India, a Spark of Hope for Detecting a Chronic Lung Disease
This article was originally published on Undark.
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and that doesn’t bode well for its economy
This article, written by Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University, is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
TBR
Sludge: how corporations ‘nudge’ us into spending more
Corporation, Instead of helping us make better choices, their aim is to unnecessarily increase consumer spending. This is called “sludge”.
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
Debunking migration myths: the real reasons people move, and why most migration happens in the global south – podcast
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Health
Why Cancer Treatments Might Not Work Very Well for Older Adults
Jyoti Madhusoodanan is a science writer based in Portland, Oregon. This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article.
ClimateChange
Do Women Really Make Up 80 Percent of All Climate Migrants?
June 14, 2023 by Disha Shetty [https://undark.org/undark-author/disha-shetty/] It is an alarming and evocative statistic: An estimated 80 percent of climate migrants are women. The figure has been used by the United Nations [https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2022/07/climate-change-exacerbates-violence-against-women-and-girls#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics
Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Adjunct Professor, School of Global Health and Managing Director, AMR Policy Accelerator, York University, Canada
ClimateChange
‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here – we identified the regions most at risk
“how long do we have to wait until we experience another similarly intense event?”. This is a challenging question but, fortunately, there is a branch of statistics, called extreme value theory, that provides ways in which we can answer that exact question using past events.