Esther Lederberg changed our understanding of how bacteria breed
The annals of science journalism weren’t always as inclusive as they could have been. So PopSci is working to correct the record with In Hindsight, a series profiling some of the figures whose...
View ArticleTurkey and chicken poop have untapped energy potential
The following is an excerpt from The Other Science Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health by Lina Zeldovich. It was another hot day in the Negev desert of...
View ArticleAgnes Chase, a grass scientist, showed us what ‘holds the earth together’
The annals of science journalism weren’t always as inclusive as they could have been. So PopSci is working to correct the record with In Hindsight, a series profiling some of the figures whose...
View ArticleJocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars, but someone else won the Nobel
The annals of science journalism weren’t always as inclusive as they could have been. So PopSci is working to correct the record with In Hindsight, a series profiling some of the figures whose...
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Your poop is useful. Meet the father-son team creating ‘humanure.’
I AM STANDING in the basement of 1550 Mission Street in San Francisco—a new high-rise in the city’s prime real estate location—listening to the steady hum of human grime being filtered. Above me,...
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Can ‘recharge rooms’ help frontline workers avoid pandemic burnout?
DURING NEW YORK CITY’S FIRST COVID-19 SURGE, an oasis beckoned stressed and exhausted Mount Sinai Hospital physicians, nurses, and other frontliners. During breaks or between shifts, they could sink...
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