Jeffrey Kluger

2 days ago | time.com | Jeffrey Kluger

The oceans need more care than they ever have before—and few people are taking on that job with more commitment than Diva Amon. A marine biologist at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, (Marc and Lynne Benioff are TIME's owners and co-chairs), Amon has a special love for the deeper reaches of the ocean—below 200 meters, where sunlight does not penetrate, pressures are up to 110 times that of sea level, and temperatures drop to 39°F.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jeffrey Kluger

ASKAP J1832 (in circle) captured by th Chandra X-Ray Observatory Credit - X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/CalTech/IPAC; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. WolkSomething strange is going on 15,000 light years from Earth. Out at that distant remove, somewhere in the constellation , an unexplained body is semaphoring into space, blinking in both X-ray and radio frequencies once every 44 minutes in a way never seen by astronomers before.

1 week ago | time.com | Jeffrey Kluger

Climate change is leading not only to droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather. It’s also leading to oxymorons—at least when it comes to what are known as hundred-year storms, floods, and other events. Long-term weather forecasting—the kind that predicts conditions months or even years or decades in advance—is all about probabilities, factoring together not only current conditions and trends, but the historical record.

1 week ago | natlawreview.com | Jeffrey Kluger

A panel of scientific experts met last week at the request of federal regulators to discuss the potential side effects of talc and cancer risks to consumers. Specifically, the independent panel discussed the safety of talc in food, drug, and cosmetic products. The event, led by FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary, marked the start of a broader effort to publicly evaluate controversial ingredients tied to serious health risks.

2 weeks ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Jeffrey Kluger

From heat waves to soil nutrients, climate change is impacting our gut health. Credit - Getty Images/Cavan Images RFIf you’re like a lot of people, you’re finding it harder and harder to stomach climate change—literally. A warming world leads to all manner of health problems, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease, exacerbation of like asthma and COPD, and mental health problems including depression and anxiety.