Category: features
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The new lice wars
MACLEAN’S Despite evidence that it’s time to abandon the no-nit rule requiring kids be sent home, schools have yet to get the message.
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Greenland’s Disappearing Glaciers—A Tale of Fire and Ice
PBS-NOVA — Jason Box, a glaciologist who grew up in Colorado, watched the High Park wildfire disaster play out on television at LaGuardia Airport, waiting for a flight that would take him to Greenland. He suddenly had a thought: Could soot from the wildfires melt Greenland’s ice sheet?
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Lady of the lakes
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NATURE — Diane Orihel set her PhD aside to lead a massive protest when Canada tried to shut down its unique Experimental Lakes Area.
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In carbon sequestration, money grows on trees
DISCOVER MAGAZINE — Guyana’s tropical rainforests protected under the REDD program provide not just natural resources but an income stream to the country.
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A universal problem
Recent headlines have promised that a ‘universal flu vaccine’ may be within reach, pointing to antibodies that offer broad protection in animal studies. But the scientists behind this effort had to first overcome great skepticism from their peers—as well as an imperfect laboratory test. Hannah Hoag reports on one virologist’s 20-year effort to challenge the tenets of…