Independent Analysis and Reportage
Brazil holds 12% of the world’s freshwater reserves and yet growing water insecurity reveals some of the country’s deepest sanitation inequalities, which are particularly relevant to Marajó, its largest coastal island.
Questions persist over ethical recruitment from countries already facing healthcare workforce shortages.
The magic flower is used by the nymph Calypso to purge Odysseus’ trauma.
Violence toward animals and people often occur together. Understanding these connections can improve safety and outcomes for both.
Acting students uncovered hidden elements in a musical score, while bringing a new Canadian musical to life on stage and in a live cast album recording.
Shooters are becoming freelance contractors. Their target’s ideology is entirely irrelevant to them and their involvement is purely transactional.
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
Researchers found that while authorities have depended on nonprofits to deal with the refugee crisis, many nonprofit leaders had little say in planning and coordination.
By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.
A new mission to save NASA’s Swift observatory shows why catching a satellite that was never designed for rescue is one of the hardest jobs in spaceflight.
Calling an animal a ‘pest’ can sometimes cause more harm to people than the animal itself.
Traveling to Mexico for routine healthcare can be convenient and affordable – but the cues patients rely on to judge quality of care may differ in important ways.