Wikipedia
"When state officials issued markedly higher regional quotas for zoning land for new housing a few years ago, and regional agencies imposed specific numbers on cities, the reaction among local officials was sharp and negative." … more »
Cleveland Clinic
"A new study published Monday in the American Heart Association’s peer-reviewed journal, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, delves into the role of metabolites, or the chemicals in the gut created from digestion of food, and how certain metabolites may increase the risk for cardiovascular disease." … more »
USGS
"The Western US is an empire built on snow. And that snow is vanishing." … more »
Health Affairs
"Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift over the past decade, with more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide now operating as for-profit entities. The ability to turn a quick profit in caring for people in their last days of life is attracting a new breed of hospice owners: private equity firms." … more »
Disney
A cautionary tale: "Why is our city, or any city, being mandated housing numbers by the state? How do we know these numbers are appropriate? What is the process and what are the objectives? Why is this so contentious?" … more »
National Media Museum
"Humans have coevolved with the rest of nature over time, and obtaining medicine is perhaps one of the most important interactions people continue to have with the natural world." … more »
Cambridge
Home prices in California are off the charts, so it's shocking to find out that there are still places in the country where the average house is below $200,000. … more »
Rob Lavinsky/ARKENSTONE.WIred
"Living organisms leave a huge geochemical imprint on the planet, a new taxonomic system reveals. It might help identify other worlds with life." … more »
National Parks Service
"Preserving the world’s great expanses of grass could be essential to combating climate change. A 2019 study estimated that, of all the world’s biomes, tropical grasslands held the greatest potential for tree-carbon storage." … more »
Ocean Voyages Institute
"A Sausalito-based cargo ship is concluding its 40-day mission to pick up as much plastic as possible around the Pacific Ocean, and it’s set to dock in the Bay Area this week. … more »
