Archive for the ‘features’ Category

This Floor Can Kill You

Friday, October 29th, 2021

A self-styled floor safety crusader’s fight for mandatory standards reveals a much larger friction within the slippery world of slip, trip, and fall experts.

The Sniff Test

Friday, October 15th, 2021

Dogs turn up evidence, detecting odors where investigators find nothing. But are these unbelievable stories about crime-solving canines leading jurors astray?

In Search of Sponges

Thursday, September 9th, 2021

A dive to the bottom of Lake Superior to find antibiotic compounds raises another question: It is necessary to physically explore new places to turn up new drugs?

Invisible Enemies at Odds

Friday, May 8th, 2020

The race to sterilize medical garb reopened shuttered ethylene oxide plants, potentially exposing vulnerable communities to toxic air pollution.

The Standard Bearers

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

The story of the Daubert standard, the 1993 Supreme Court ruling, and the family that sparked a scientific revolution in the courts.

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  • A Patient’s Watch on Parkinson’s Disease

    Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019

    Ray Finucane devised a series of computational algorithms to track the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Now he’s looking for approval.