#Toxicity

Author: Shaka Senghor / Source: Big Think In 1991, Shaka Senghor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent the next 19 years behind bars, seven of them in solitary confinement. Today, six years out of jail, Senghor has become a vocal advocate for prison reform, and tackling the problem of

Author: Frank Jacobs / Source: Big Think Dirty air is an invisible killer, but an effective one. More than 9,000 people die prematurely in London each year due to air pollution, a recent study estimates. This map visualizes the worst places to breathe in Central London. The Great Smog of

Author: Jeremy Rehm / Source: Science News Technology meant to help solve the world’s growing water shortage is producing a salty environmental dilemma. Desalination facilities, which extract drinkable water from the ocean, discharge around 142 billion liters of extremely salty water called

Author: Matthew Davis / Source: Big Think When we think of colonizing space, our first thoughts are to the Moon and Mars. Venus, despite being incredibly inhospitable on the surface, might actually be a better target for colonization. Suspending blimps in the Venusian clouds is not only

Author: Science News Staff / Source: Science News A new material that converts sunlight into heat could someday melt ice off airplane wings, wind turbines and rooftops, Maria Temming reported in “A new material harnesses light to deice surfaces” (SN: 9/29/18, p. 17). “What happens when the