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Access to free school lunch creates health benefits for a lifetime

A study of India's Midday Meal program shows clear nutritional benefits that are even passed on to the next generation

Space futurism is stupid

There is no reason to think that billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk know what's best for humanity

These are the health effects of tear gas

Tear gas can kill, but exposure can also cause chronic respiratory difficulty and severe eye injuries for months and potentially years after

What’s happening in Texas is climate nihilism

The disastrous blackouts are the government admitting they don't care if some people die

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Climate change is a cultural issue as much as an environmental one

An interview with "Synthetic Messengers" creators Tega Brain, Simon David Hirsbrunner, and Sam Lavigne

US prisons are an experiment that lets COVID-19 run wild

Unable to social distance and without aid, prisoners are at the virus's mercy

The US is deporting scientists. I’m one of them

ICE is using COVID-19 confusion as cover to force immigrant scientists out

It's not too late to change America's coronavirus future

We need swift, strong measures and protection for our healthcare workers

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Graduate student working conditions are worsening. To fight back, they're unionizing

Conditions like withheld pay and discriminatory behavior are damaging lives

We need genetic engineering to stave off climate change-induced global hunger

Despite what many say, organic farming will not save us from the worst impacts of climate change

Teenage activists are leading the fight against climate change

Baby boomers are downplaying climate change's risks, so a new generation raises their voice

Caregiving is increasingly falling to young people, especially minority millenials

Employers and government have a responsibility to help ease the burden for those caring for loved ones with dementia

The unknowns of US immigration policy are increasing anxiety among first-generation Latinx teens

More studies on the long-term health consequences of these policies on immigrant families are urgently needed