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The airline industry will need to respond to a number of effects from climate change, including rising sea levels encroaching on coastal runways and stronger winds at high altitudes. But an even bigger challenge could be getting planes off the ground in the first place due to extremely high air temperatures. Climate scientists Ethan Coffel and Radley Horton explain the physics of aerodynamics in hot weather and discuss their research on the other problems many airports might see as the planet heats up.
The TV series “13 Reasons Why,” which chronicles the suicide of a teenage girl, has been one of Netflix’s most popular shows. But since its March release, educators and school psychologists have wondered if the series glamorizes suicide – and might lead to more deaths. Are their fears justified? A team of USC researchers analyzed suicide-related searches on Google in the weeks after the show’s release.
As the U.S. ponders how to invigorate its aging infrastructure, we explore a new “green infrastructure” proposal that promises to cut costs and protect the environment: Let property owners buy and sell credits based on their stormwater runoff – and the market will take care of the rest
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Jeff Inglis
Editor, Science + Technology
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When is it too hot to fly?
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Ethan Coffel, Columbia University; Radley Horton, Columbia University
Major airports around the world will see more frequent flight restrictions in the coming decades because of increasingly common hot temperatures.
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Science + Technology
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Kristy E. Primeau, University at Albany, State University of New York; David E. Witt, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
We tend to think of archaeological sites as dead silent – empty ruins left by past cultures. But this isn't how the people who lived in and used these sites would have experienced them.
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Jessica Berg, Case Western Reserve University
The news may have come as a surprise, but it probably shouldn't have. A bioethics expert walks through how big a deal this announcement is – and what we should be considering now.
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Joyce Harper, UCL; Helen O'Neill, UCL
Two researchers are impressed with a pioneering study showing that it may be both safe and effective to edit out diseases in human embryos.
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Environment + Energy
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Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota; Madeline Goldkamp, University of Minnesota
The US wants to invest in more infrastructure to handle our rainfall and melted snow. Stormwater credits could help cut costs and protect the environment.
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Michael A. Livermore, University of Virginia
Trump administration officials argue that states can regulate more effectively than the federal government. But without leadership from the top, federalism may allow red states to avoid acting.
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Korydon Smith, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Congressional inability to devise a health care plan for the US is not the only impediment to good health care. Contaminated water pipes and old bridges are also roadblocks.
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Brad Spellberg, University of Southern California
We've been told for a long time that we must take all of our antibiotics. But maybe we didn’t need so many to begin with. Here's why.
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Donald Scavia, University of Michigan
Nitrogen and phosphorus are polluting US waters, creating algae blooms and dead zones. New research confirms that voluntary steps are failing in the Gulf of Mexico and unlikely to work in Lake Erie.
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