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Here you will find reviews, excerpts, interviews, and Undark's signature feature, "What I Left Out." Undark is a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It is published with generous funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, through its Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at MIT.
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Animal scientist Martin Wikelski’s fascinating new book “The Internet of Animals” chronicles his quest to design, build, and launch a network of transmitters to track birds around the globe. Wikelski emphasizes that tapping into other species’ knowledge is crucial for our own to flourish ..read more
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3d ago
Researchers use real data from projects like DART, the first test of an asteroid deflection, to improve computer simulations, which they can then use to try to predict an exact response of a deflection. The strange physics of asteroids and comets, though, are difficult to replicate on Earth ..read more
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3d ago
The FDA can’t approve better chemical filters that are common in sunscreens across the world due to a 1938 law that requires the products to be tested on animals and classified as drugs. Meanwhile, many Americans are importing sunscreens from Asia or Europe, despite the risk of fake products ..read more
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6d ago
If something as simple as not mowing for a month doesn’t do much for biodiversity, then what lawn-care practices — from tearing up sod entirely to planting lush wildflower meadows — are supported by data and research ..read more
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1w ago
In an interview with Charlotte Dries, a researcher at the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam in Germany, Undark contributor Dan Falk explores a recent experiment in which participants lost trust in a fictional public health authority when they failed to communicate uncertainty ..read more
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1w ago
Initiatives against Lyme disease and malaria set ambitious goals for the eradication of these zoonotic and vector-borne illnesses. But some researchers say that instead of investing millions of dollars trying to wipe out diseases that have a complex ecology, we should focus on better ways to fortify ourselves against them ..read more
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1w ago
Asteroids contain metals like platinum and cobalt, used in green technology. Some advocates say mining in space could reduce the burden on Earth’s resources, but companies have yet to extract anything. Will the ambitious endeavor live up to its promise ..read more
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1w ago
Recent research has shown that Sika deer inside Nara Park, Japan, are part of a millennium-old genetic lineage. Does that make them more deserving of protection ..read more
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1w ago
Many cities add low levels of fluoride to drinking water in a bid to to prevent tooth decay, but the policy has long been controversial. Lost in that debate are the roughly 3 million Americans whose water naturally contains much higher concentrations of fluoride ..read more
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2w ago
In “Unrooted,” science writer Erin Zimmerman uses historical examples to show how her experience as a former 21st-century botanist is still influenced by structural sexism, at the same time that natural history research — the foundation of all biological sciences — is on the decline ..read more