For Some Survivors, Polio Casts a Long Shadow - Undark Magazine
WEBJan 2, 2023 · Print. Brad Fuller was a toddler when he contracted polio in 1952 and was sent to a hospital miles from his northeast Pennsylvania home. He stayed there for nine months, enduring long stints in an iron lung, a large metallic ventilator that helped him breathe. Fuller’s parents were allowed only rare visits.
In Carrie Buck's Letters, the Sham — and Shame — of Eugenics
WEBOct 4, 2017 · C arrie Buck faced the surgeon’s knife on October 19, 1927 — exactly 90 years ago. Several months earlier, the United States Supreme Court had upheld Virginia’s eugenics law in the case of Buck v.Bell, which validated state laws that sanctioned the practice of eugenic sterilization.Carrie was the “Buck” eventually operated on by “Bell” — Dr. John Bell, superintendent of the ...
Mexican Farmers and Scientists Share a Mission: Saving a Wetland
WEB08.01.2022. On the southern edge of Mexico City, on a patch of land surrounded by water, a farmer and a scientist recently inspected rows of small cubes of mud that had sprouted seedlings. They were crouching on a chinampa, an island that appears to float in Lake Xochimilco, part of a complex ecosystem where the Aztec Empire once flourished.
Long Division: The Persistence of Race Science
WEBDec 12, 2022 · LONG DIVISION is an ongoing journalistic project by Undark Magazine, published by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, that examines the fraught legacy of race science.The multipart series, supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, grew out of a workshop held in June 2022 at Harvard University, which brought together journalists, science historians, and other ...
Evidence and Orthodontics: Does Your Child Really Need Braces?
WEBJul 20, 2020 · Some orthodontists who question their field’s claims about oral health do continue to treat patients. As they see it, clear communication of evidence — or lack thereof — is key. “If you tell a lay person” that a child has “mandibular hypoplasia, or maxillary deficiency, or adenoidal facies — it sounds bad,” said Vig.
As Offshore Wind Ramps Up, Scientists Flag Potential Impacts
WEBAug 21, 2023 · L ast year, the Biden administration announced an ambitious goal: enough offshore wind to power 10 million homes by 2030. The move would reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, and strengthen energy security. It would also help the United States — which was responsible for just 0.1 percent of the world’s offshore wind capacity last year — catch up with renewable energy leaders like China ...
Wanted: Dead Birds and Bats, Felled by Renewables - Undark …
WEBJan 23, 2023 · But renewable energy is growing rapidly, and researchers are trying to determine how that continued growth might affect wildlife. Bats seem attracted to spinning wind turbines, sometimes being struck by the blades while attempting to roost in the towers. Birds sometimes swoop down and crash into photovoltaic solar panels — …
The Complicated Quest to Decipher Human Difference - Undark …
WEBDec 13, 2022 · Experts now say that’s simply not the case. “There’s actually very little differentiation between human populations,” said Joseph Graves, Jr., an evolutionary biologist at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. “And what differentiation there is, is continuous and not discrete.”. .
An Unorthodox Allergy Clinic Seeks to Disrupt Medicine - Undark …
WEBApr 28, 2021 · A single reaction can plunge even the most vigilant food allergy families back into what-ifs and panic. Six months after the restaurant emergency, Martin found herself perusing the website of a promising — yet decidedly unorthodox — allergy clinic located in Long Beach, California.
Can Plastic Waste Be Transformed Into Food for Humans?
WEBBy Sara Talpos. 08.21.2024. In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated when troops are sent to work in remote locations or disaster zones. The agency wanted a system that could convert food wrappers and water bottles ...