Author name: Emily Crane

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment. Similarly, in 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in a massive environmental catastrophe. The […]

What Is Chloroprene, the Cancer-Causing Chemical at the Center of a Federal Lawsuit? Trump could drop a federal lawsuit against a petrochemical plant that emits chloroprene. Here’s a look at the cancer-causing chemical By Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna Bryner Yoga mats can be made out of the synthetic rubber neoprene, natural rubber and other

FEMA Disaster Aid Freeze Threatens ‘Acute Harm,’ Judge Rules The Federal Emergency Management Agency must show in one week whether it is complying with a judge’s ruling that blocks the Trump administration disaster aid freeze By Thomas Frank & E&E News The sun flares behind the sign marking the location of the Federal Emergency Management

In the predawn hours of Tuesday, March 4, a massive storm system spit out two tornadoes, spurred straight-line winds of up to 95 miles per hour and dropped driving sheets of rain where I live. When the sun rose, we scrambled as a 60-year-old American elm, snapped at its base, had fallen precariously onto my

King Shahryar, betrayed by his wife, decides to marry a new woman each night and have her executed by morning to ensure he is never deceived again. When Scheherazade volunteers to marry the king, she outsmarts him. Each evening, she begins a gripping story but stops at dawn, leaving him eager for more. Night after

During the five-plus years that COVID has existed, our conception of the virus that causes it has been a slippery thing. It has been a terrifying mystery and a daily reality, a killer pathogen and “just the flu,” an alphabet of variants that burst on the scene only to disappear from public consciousness. Amid all