Rachel Nuwer
@RachelNuwer
Freelance journalist for NYT, NatGeo, SciAm & more. Author of "POACHED" (2018) and "I FEEL LOVE: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World" (2023).
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I talked to cattle veterinarians about bird flu making the jump into US dairy cows. They described farms hiding the issue to avoid government involvement, and ongoing denial of the problem among those not yet affected. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/cattle… Think Global Health
The butterfly effect of zoonotic disease - or how international demand for tobacco might cause novel diseases to emerge from African forests. Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/how-ug…
Parasitic worms preserved in expired cans of salmon allowed researchers to track changes in ocean health over the past 40+ years - giving new meaning to the phrase “opening a can of worms.” Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/decade…
2,000 years before Amsterdam's coffee shops, people in the Netherlands were hitting hallucinogenic seeds. Also, I got to use the phrase 'ancient stash pouch' for NYT Science. nytimes.com/2024/03/21/sci…
Morrissey was right: some girls are bigger than others. Specifically, nearly half of female mammals are the same size as the males of their species - and 16% are bigger than the males. Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/males-…
We humans like to think of ourselves as special, but the more we learn about animals, the more our notions of exceptionalism are challenged. Turns out chimps and bumblebees(!) are capable of complex learning previously assumed to be human-only. Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/scient…
Cannabis' medical uses for animals is just starting to be explored, but veterinarians are already reporting exceptional results for everything from tigers and tortoises to elephants and parrots (not to mention cats and dogs!). NYT Science nytimes.com/2024/02/06/sci…
The mystery of why insects are attracted to lights at night has finally been solved. Scientific American
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15,000 US cities could become virtual ghost towns by 2100. Goodbye, Buffalo, Louisville, Syracuse, New Haven, Pittsburgh, Cleveland etc. Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/thousa…
With media budget cuts, outlets that shy away from difficult topics & readers who no longer read as much, it's ever more difficult to pull off complex, nuanced environmental stories. Thanks to Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) & bioGraphic for still supporting that kind of work.
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Africa's incredible birds of prey are disappearing. In just three raptor generations, some species - including the iconic secretary bird - have declined by 90 percent. NYT Science
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Ibogaine, a powerful psychedelic, could help relieve traumatic brain injury and a host of other problems like PTSD, depression and anxiety. New findings from combat veterans who undertook this therapy in Mexico. Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/ibogai…