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A book, typewriter and journal are pictured among other decorative items in this undated stock photo. (RETROSUPPLY/UNSPLASH)
False balance in science writing can have unintended, deadly consequences. There’s never a bad time to reflect on your reporting practices.
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In this undated stock photo, a person wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves holds up a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe. (TOWFIQU BARBHUIYA/UNSPLASH)
As mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics close throughout the Treasure Coast of Florida, homebound residents feel forgotten and mobile medical providers still need shots.
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A “Red Congo” philodendron plant is pictured at McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Fla., on Friday, April 2, 2021. (LINDSEY LEAKE/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)
Lindsey Leake writes a museum exhibit blurb for a “Red Congo” philodendron (Philodendron “Rojo Congo”) she saw at McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Fla.
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SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is pictured in this March 4, 2020, stock illustration. (CDC/UNSPLASH)
Nearly a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, neither preventative treatment for people exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that triggers the disease, nor therapy for those who go on to contract the disease itself exists.
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A globe is pictured in this undated stock photo. (CHUTTERSNAP/UNSPLASH)
Cold, arid environments, compared to warm, humid climates, negatively influence phonation in human tonal languages by restricting vocal cord movement and control, a PNAS study finds.
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A nosy house gecko is pictured in the kitchen sink of Lindsey Leake’s South Florida apartment, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (LINDSEY LEAKE/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)
It was a Friday night the first time Lindsey Leake found a lizard in her apartment. Aug. 9, 2019, to be exact.
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A hurricane is seen from space in this file photo from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA/UNSPLASH)
The 2020 hurricane season will be more active than usual; more named storms will form than in recent decades, and the United States and Caribbean face increased probabilities of major hurricanes making landfall. This is the outlook envisaged by the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University.
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A leatherback sea turtle hatchling is seen in this undated file photo. (MAX GOTTS/UNSPLASH)
FAU’s Jeanette Wyneken used a simple expression to convey the effect of temperature on sea turtle sex: “Hot chicks, cool dudes.” That is, warmer temperatures in underground nests yield more females; cooler nests produce more males.
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