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Climate Change Is Having Widespread Health Impacts

EMILY HOLDEN

Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat—but the impact is already felt across every specialty of medicine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Rock Climbing, Climate Science and Leadership

BEN SANTER

In situations where lives are at stake, you need to be rigorously honest with yourself and with others—not take out your Sharpie to distort the truth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Rock Climbing, Climate Science and Leadership

BEN SANTER

In situations where lives are at stake, you need to be rigorously honest with yourself and with others—not take out your Sharpie to distort the truth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

For Older Patients, an ‘Afterworld’ of Hospital Care

PAULA SPAN

Long-term care hospitals tend to the sickest of patients, often near the end of their lives. Many will never return home.

Vaping Bad: Were 2 Wisconsin Brothers the Walter Whites of THC Oils?

JULIE BOSMAN AND MATT RICHTEL

As the authorities work to understand the spate of vaping-related lung illnesses, a small-town drug bust offers a closer look at the vast black market for vaping supplies.

Kids Not Hurt By Screentime

JARED RIZZI

A study finds no deleterious effects on mental health when kids spend their leisure time texting and engaging in other online activities. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair

HEATHER MURPHY

Getting sufficient DNA out of a rootless hair has long been considered impossible. A scientist, better known for work with ancient fossils, has figured it out. It’s a game-changer for crime and surveillance.

Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says

ADAM ATON,E&E NEWS

Oil and gas development could exacerbate the impacts to species in the rapidly warming Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

As Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Drags On, Untracked Cases Sow Confusion

DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.

On tour in Africa, American officials said the U.S. would keep providing aid. But Congo’s response has been uneven, and the former health minister has been jailed.

New York Moves to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes by Emergency Order

JESSE MCKINLEY AND CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM

The state would become the second in the nation, behind Michigan, to outlaw sale of the fruity flavors popular with children and teenagers.

Hurricanes May Kill Some Birds, but Humans Are the Real Threat

JAMES GORMAN

When the time comes to assess the environmental damage from Hurricane Dorian, one species may be extinct, but it's not Dorian's fault

Marooned: Researchers Will Freeze Their Ship into Arctic Ocean Ice for a Year

SHANNON HALL

Scientists setting sail to the North Pole will become stranded in slowly migrating sea ice to investigate climate change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

"Dogwood Winter," Meet "Curb Appeal"

REMI SHAULL-THOMPSON

Language and America's relationship with the outdoors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Dragon Up

CURTIS BRAINARD

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Pterosaurs Were Monsters of the Mesozoic Skies

MICHAEL B. HABIB

Fossils and mathematical modeling are helping to answer long-standing questions about these bizarre animals  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com