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Water pollution is a significant problem that threatens human health around the world. Currently, more people every year die from drinking unsafe water than they do from war.

For thirteen years I had an interest in echolocation jamming, ever since I read Lynne Peeples reporting in Scientific American on Aaron Cochran’s doctoral research into how tiger moths click to blur bats’ acoustic vision. I mean, I talked with engineers who work on radar-absorbing polymer materials in stealth bombers, man. When I light out for the territory, I go over the mountain.

Wherever you are in the U.S., there’s a good chance you can find harmful PFAS compounds in water near you.

Experts detail the necessary elements of a rigorous mask study and explore some recent studies that, though highly touted by both scientists and the lay press, fell quite a bit short.

Image zoom Gradual hearing loss is a common symptom of aging, but in some people it may also be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia, a new study suggests. The risk of dementia appears to rise as hearing declines. Older people with mild hearing impairment—those who have difficulty following a conversation in a crowded restaurant, say—were nearly twice as likely as those with normal hearing to develop dementia, the study found. Severe hearing loss nearly quintupled the risk of dementia. It's unclear why the loss of hearing and mental function might go hand in h...