Scienceline

Scienceline is an online magazine created by students from the Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

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How do researchers study DNA that is more than 1000 years old?

1 month ago | scienceline.org | Pragathi Ravi

In the 2000s, an exhibit of the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo from Kenya that chowed down on 35 construction workers in the late 1890s was revived at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. The museum’s assistant collections manager, Thomas Gnoske, wanted to decode their prey history. To do this, the DNA extracted from the tooth cavities of these maneless male lions became Gnoske’s best friend — as did scientists analyzing prey dynamics.
Toxic sludge & black mayonnaise: Cleaning up one of New York’s most polluted waterways

Nov 1, 2024 | scienceline.org | Dawn Attride |Sara Hashemi |Avery Orrall

Willis Elkins, executive director of the Newtown Creek Alliance, working to clean the waterway. [Credit: Dawn Attride] Newtown Creek borders Brooklyn and Queens, and is one of the most polluted ecological sites in the U.S. from the many industries contaminating its waters. The largest pollution incident was the Greenpoint Oil Spill discovered in 1978, where up to 30 million gallons of oil pollutants seeped into the creek.
Winemaking on Long Island in a changing climate

Oct 30, 2024 | scienceline.org | Alexa Robles-Gil

On an early morning, a vineyard on the North Fork of Long Island comes alive: A soft, golden light creeps over the horizon, casting long shadows over the vines. There’s an earthy smell in the air mixed in with the faint sweetness of ripening grapes. For Richard Olsen-Harbich, the director of winemaking at Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue in New York, each morning is crisp and fresh, but most of all, unique.
Opinion: New York City’s buildings are designed to leak energy. Retrofitting them may be the only option

Oct 30, 2024 | scienceline.org | Avery Orrall

New York City’s skyline, which boasts glass and prewar buildings — both bad for the environment and energy inefficient. [Tony Cenicola | New York Times] New York City is known for its buildings, whether they be the tall and shiny Goliaths of Midtown Manhattan or the stout, elaborate co-ops of the Upper East Side. Aside from their beauty and history, they have another thing in common: they aren’t energy efficient.
Treasure hunting in the East River

Oct 30, 2024 | scienceline.org | Alexa Robles-Gil

Woolly mammoth model in the Royal Victoria Museum in British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons “Do you know how crazy it would be if there’s mammoth bones right there in the East River?” Joe Rogan asked Alaskan fossil hunter, John Reeves, when he appeared on Rogan’s podcast in December 2022. Pretty crazy.
How beavers built New York

Oct 30, 2024 | scienceline.org | Sara Hashemi

Archival illustration of a beaver [Credit: McGill Library Archives] If you’ve ever gotten off the subway at Astor Place, you might’ve noticed an unusual critter etched in the station’s walls. Yellow beavers chewing on trees are framed by green tiles adorned with decorative foliage. These plaques nod to the connection the station’s namesake held to the beaver pelt trade — and to a time when beavers were abundant across the city.
The city’s search for quiet

Oct 30, 2024 | scienceline.org | Dawn Attride

Caption: Long-term exposure to invasive noise, can harm both our physical and mental health, according to the Environmental Protection Agency [Photo credit Kristina Flour | Unsplash.] When was the last time you heard true, unadulterated silence? It could have been this morning before the cacophony of commuters rushing to work on the subway ensued. Maybe you savored a few spare minutes of quiet in the hush of your yoga class this week. Or perhaps you can’t remember.
NYC Under the Surface

Oct 30, 2024 | scienceline.org | Dawn Attride |Sara Hashemi |Avery Orrall |Alexa Robles-Gil

Visit the Interactive Map Here. Plunge into the depths of New York and peel back the surface hiding the city’s secrets. Explore mussels of Newtown Creek, the National Guard stationed in subways, the beavers of Astor Place — and more! Click the icons to reveal these stories lurking across New York. A project by the 42nd Class of NYU’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program.
You know you should get your COVID and flu vaccines. But when?

Oct 24, 2024 | scienceline.org | Marta Hill |Jeremy Samuel Faust

Both flu and COVID-19 vaccines take about two weeks to be effective. Their protection wanes after a few months. [Credit: Pete | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication] You can’t miss all the reminders to get your flu and COVID-19 shots this fall. They’re everywhere: in health emails at work, social media advertisements, pharmacy window displays. As for when to get those vaccinations, though, the reminders don’t offer much help.
Getting a handle on the ‘forever chemicals’ in plastics

Sep 5, 2024 | scienceline.org | Olivia Gieger

This spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the country’s first national limit on levels of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. The rule requires utilities to reduce the chemicals in drinking water in the hopes of reducing cancer and illness associated with the compounds. These so-called “forever chemicals” are increasingly entering the national conversation. But what are they doing to our bodies, if anything? What is a forever chemical?