Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny pieces of plastic than samples collected eight years ago, according to a preprint published online in May. The preprint is a study that has not yet been peer-reviewed and has not been published in a journal. “The concentrations we saw in brain tissue… Read More »
Axiom Space and its partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), have announced some of the pioneering scientific research that will be conducted during the Axiom-3 mission. Ready to explode on a hill in January 2024 SpaceX hawk 9 Axiom-3’s crew consists of Commander Michael López-Alegría, Pilot Walter Villadei, and Mission Specialists Alper Gezeravci and… Read More »
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Planet Earth heats up, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on contagious impacts on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit left behind two days of loud rhetoric and calls for unity from senior leaders over concerns about health problems such as the spread of… Read More »
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts thought, and air pollution particles from other sources are twice as likely to contribute to premature deaths, new research shows. In the study published in the journal Science, colleagues and I mapped how U.S. coal plant emissions travel through… Read More »