The cut flowers could pay for themselves and even turn a profit. Margi Rentis, CC BY-ND Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52% more phosphorus and 36% more nitrogen than the natural nitrogen cycle removes from untreated water, according to our new research. In addition to […]
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Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma. John Elk/the image Bank via Getty Images Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and is used in virtually every type of […]
Read the articleEffective collaboration requires addressing hierarchical mindsets. Maryna Terletska/Moment via Getty Images Mentorship is a cornerstone of the infrastructure supporting global health. Transferring knowledge, developing skills and cultivating a supportive professional environment among researchers and clinicians around the world are key to achieving health equity on a global scale. For example, most people in Africa would […]
Read the articleMigrants cross the border from Mexico into Texas on Feb. 6, 2024. Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images Immigration is already a major polarizing issue in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico reached an all-time high in December 2023, and cities like New York and Chicago are struggling to provide […]
Read the articleProtesters in El Salvador declare 'Yes to democracy. No to authoritarianism' during a demonstration on Jan. 14, 2024. PHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images Threats to economic and physical security have become persistent and pervasive across Latin America and the Caribbean – and that is affecting the way people view the state of democracy in the region. Those are […]
Read the articleYear-round schooling can assist low-income parents in need of child care. kali9/E+ Collection via Getty Images Upon becoming mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker announced that she will establish a working group on full-day and year-round schooling – an idea she had supported while campaigning. The group will develop a strategy to keep Philadelphia public schools […]
Read the articleEverything old is new again. Simon Skafar/E+/Getty Images In 2023, more than 7% of cars sold in the United States were electric vehicles. In some parts of the world, such as Norway, the percentage was a whopping 20%. In California, where I live, almost 60% of people looking for a car in 2021 said they […]
Read the articleWhy having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions
Sending human remains to the Moon on the first commercial lunar lander, Peregrine 1, on Jan. 8, 2024, along with scientific instruments, caused a controversy. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, objected, saying that “the moon holds a sacred place” in Navajo and other tribal traditions and should not be defiled in this way. […]
Read the articleMassive gains in productivity haven't led to more time free from work. J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images There have been massive gains in productivity over the past century. So why are people still working so hard for so long? Output per worker increased by almost 300% between 1950 and 2018 in the U.S. The standard […]
Read the articleBillionaire media owners can't change inhospitable market dynamics. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images For the journalism industry, 2024 is off to a brutal start. Most spectacularly, the Los Angeles Times recently slashed more than 20% of its newsroom. Though trouble had long been brewing, the layoffs were particularly disheartening because many employees and […]
Read the articleLorne Michaels holding one of his Emmy Awards in 2022. Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images On April 24, 1976, Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of the late-night NBC comedy program “Saturday Night” – it had not yet changed its name to “Saturday Night Live” – appeared on camera in hopes of luring […]
Read the articleA voter emerges from a voting booth in New Hampshire in January 2024. AP Photo/David Goldman In certain circles, the 2020 presidential election isn’t over – and that seems to be at least a little bit true. In recent weeks, official reviews of election records and processes from the 2020 presidential election have reported findings […]
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