Brian Brown

Jan 8, 2025 | yahoo.com | Brian Brown

Brian BrownUpdated Wed, January 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM UTC10 min readEditor's note: This story is one in a series on a crisis in America's Breadbasket—the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and its effects on a region that helps feed the world. Read the previous installment here. MANHATTAN, Kansas—In America’s Breadbasket, a battle of ideas is underway on the most fundamental topics of all: food, water, and the future of the planet.

Jan 8, 2025 | yahoo.com | Brian Brown

Brian BrownUpdated Wed, January 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM UTC10 min readEditor's note: This story is one in a series on a crisis in America's Breadbasket –the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and its effects on a region that helps feed the world. VEGA, Texas–While a high-pitched wind rattles the windows, and assaults a flapping, fraying American flag in the front yard, Lucas Spinhirne knows he’s staring into an abyss that many in Texas—and across the world—may be forced to contemplate.

Apr 24, 2024 | thenevadaindependent.com | Brian Brown

As someone who has built a life along the Amargosa River and a descendant of one of the Mojave Desert’s most fascinating pioneers, I’m proud and lucky to be able to visit places that have helped shape my family history. Now, that history is under attack due to shortsighted and potentially devastating proposed mining projects upstream. When Ralph Fairbanks — who was called “Dad” by those who met him — arrived in Las Vegas in 1903, he was a teamster.

Feb 4, 2024 | classiccitynews.com | Brian Brown

Oconee County's Iron HorsePhoto by©Brian Brown/Vanishing GeorgiaBy Brian Brown/Vanishing Georgia Sculptor Abbott Pattison designed the 2-ton, 12-foot Pegasus Without Wings in 1954. The work was first sited at the University of Georgia's Reed Hall, but was immediately unpopular with students, who attempted to melt it by burning tires beneath it. The protest was so unwieldy that the fire department had to turn their hoses on the estimated 700 students to gain control of the situation.

Dec 12, 2023 | cell.com | Brian Brown |Anthony S. Fauci |Yasmine Belkaid

Vaccines have stemmed many infectious diseases, but when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, traditional vaccine development would not have been fast enough. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes work that enabled the rapid development of mRNA vaccines, which halted the COVID-19 pandemic. The feat was a product of basic biological insights coupled with technological innovations, which have transformed vaccine design.