Long before Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive justice advocates had been sounding the alarm[1] about the increasing number of women subjected to criminal investigation for suspected abortion, stillbirth or miscarriage. These cases were often initiated by health care providers and bolstered by state laws used to prosecute women for having...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble[1] dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his colleagues on his behalf reported that the Andromeda nebula, also called M31, was nearly a million light years away – too remote to be a part...
As space travel[1] gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time[2] in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical.
Is space travel truly safe? Far from it – research has shown that the effects of space radiation and microgravity on the human body are both detrimental and long-lasting[3]. Creating...
On a typical day, you can’t turn on the news without hearing someone say that Congress is broken[1]. The implication is that this dereliction explains why the institution is inert and unresponsive[2] to the American people.
There’s one element often missing from that discussion: Congress is confounding in large part because its members...