Oct 28 What an FDA advisory panel's finding that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means for cold and flu meds By Lucas A. Berenbrok, Colleen Culley, Karen Steinmetz Pater, The Conversation The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work. Continue reading
Aug 01 Who was Henrietta Lacks? Here's how HeLa cells became essential to medical research By Ivan Martinez, The Conversation On Aug. 1, 2023, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or knowledge, her family reached a settlement with biotech company Thermo Fisher. Continue reading
Mar 14 Analysis: Why Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed so fast By Vidhura S. Tennekoon, The Conversation Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed – so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in which too many depositors withdraw their funds from a bank at the same time. Continue reading
Aug 09 Analysis: 4 things to know about the FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate By Clark D. Cunningham, The Conversation The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise – and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how the law enforcement agency secured a search warrant. Continue reading
Apr 27 Why this professor no longer grades her students' work – and wishes she had stopped sooner By Elisabeth Gruner, The Conversation Evaluating student work and offering feedback doesn’t mean there has to be a grade. Continue reading
Apr 01 How scientists finally completed the human genomic puzzle By Gabrielle Hartley, The Conversation When the Human Genome Project announced that they had completed the first human genome in 2003, it came with a catch — they weren’t actually able to put together all the genetic information. There were gaps: unfilled, often repetitive regions… Continue reading
Feb 28 Analysis: Putin's claim that war on Ukraine is to target Nazis is absurd. Here's why By Jeffrey Veidlinger, The Conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin’s selective telling of the past exaggerates the legacy of Nazism in Ukraine while ignoring the state’s historic struggle for pluralism and democracy. Continue reading
Dec 31 4 New Year's resolutions for enriching your relationship with nature By Viniece Jennings, The Conversation In 2022, we can all take more responsibility for how our actions exacerbate environmental problems. Continue reading
Dec 22 Why Build Back Better likely wouldn't drive up inflation, according to an economist By Michael W. Klein, The Conversation One of Sen. Joe Manchin’s main concerns in deciding to pull his support for President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is that it would drive up inflation. Here’s why one economist thinks those concerns are misguided. Continue reading
Jun 30 What doctors know about lingering symptoms from coronavirus By William Petri, The Conversation Is it possible that people who recover from COVID-19 will be plagued with long term side effects from the infection? An infectious disease physician reviews the evidence so far. Continue reading