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New York Comes Alive — Literally — In 'The City We Became'

Three-time Hugo Award winner N.K. Jemisin turns her attention to our world in her new book — or at least, a version of our world in which cities can be born in human form to fight evil.

A new book by anthropologist and physician Kimberly Sue tells the stories of women navigating opioid addiction during and after incarceration.

Opioid Addiction In Jails: An Anthropologist's Perspective

In Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis, a Rikers Island doctor says drug treatment in U.S. jails and prisons is often shaped by societal prejudice, not science.

Bonnielin Swenor, an assistant professor of ophthalmology, has myopic macular degeneration. It hasn't stopped her from having a prolific career as a researcher and epidemiologist. But until recently, she rarely discussed her disability with her peers, worried they would judge or dismiss her.

What Medicine Can Learn From Doctors And Researchers With Disabilities

Bonnielin Swenor has dedicated her life to helping vision-impaired patients. She also has low vision herself — and she is fighting to increase the presence of disabled people in science and medicine.

Gene Kranz stands behind the console at Mission Control in Houston where he worked during the Gemini and Apollo missions.

Former NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Restores Mission Control In Houston

Kranz led the earliest missions to the moon, including Apollo 11 and Apollo 13, and says he wants the room to inspire American students to study science and technology.

Cows graze on a grass field at a farm in Schaghticoke, N.Y. The grass-fed movement is based on the idea of regenerative agriculture.

Is Grass-Fed Beef Really Better For The Planet? Here's The Science

There are many elements to consider: climate, animal welfare, greenhouse gas emissions, land use. And with so many factors at play, sometimes the answer gets complicated.

A camp crew truck was destroyed on Stringtown Rd. in a Thursday evening flare-up which burned over the truck in the Bear fire on Sept. 11, 2020 in Oroville, Calif.

California Camp Fire Survivors Face The Horror All Over Again In 2020

In Northern California, the deadly Bear Fire forced the evacuation of parts of the town of Paradise, which nearly burned to the ground in 2018. For Camp Fire survivors, the trauma is all coming back.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (pictured with U.S. flag) set foot on the moon. On this special episode of THE PULSE, we will explore the science that got us to the moon, the politics that push space exploration, and our relationship with the moon.

Destination Moon (Radio)

Airs Friday, July 5, 2019 at 7 p.m. on KPBS Radio

Bayer says a settlement worth more than $10 billion will resolve most of the roughly 125,000 claims the company currently faces over its Roundup product. Here, a farmer sprays the glyphosate herbicide in northwestern France in September.

Bayer To Pay More Than $10 Billion To Resolve Cancer Lawsuits Over Weedkiller Roundup

Roundup's active ingredient is glyphosate, which thousands of plaintiffs blame for causing them to develop cancer.

A recent study looked at funding rates for R01 grant applications, which are designed to support "health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH." In general, population-based projects were less likely to be funded than explorations of cellular mechanisms, the study found.

What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?

Black scientists more often seek grants for community health studies, but molecular-level research proposals win more funding. More diversity throughout the process could help close the gap, says NIH.

Artist Ekene Ijeoma on the set of "Deconstructed Anthems" at Houston's Day For Night Festival in 2017.

This Audio Portrait Of The 2020 Census Asks: Whose Voices Really Count?

Nigerian American artist Ekene Ijeoma is an MIT professor who draws on sound and data to explore representations of social justice. He's working on a "voice portrait" of the census called A Counting.

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