Katherine is a health and science reporter with Quartz based in Washington, D.C.
Between March and August, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 225,530 more deaths than previous years’ averages, but only 150,500 related to COVID-19.
By 2030, there’s likely going to be a shortage of more than 100,000 caregivers for the elderly in the US.
A review of scientific papers that indicate climate change is not real, not harmful, or not man-made shows all of them to be flawed in some way.
A new study suggests that, even if you get the same number of hours of sleep you’d get on a weeknight, your inconsistent bedtimes may have health consequences.
Physicists from Harvard University have turned hydrogen into metal for the first time.
Research suggests that crows will investigate the deaths of fellow crows, in order to identify threats.
Different parts of men and women’s brains are activated when working together on a simple task, suggesting that the two groups cooperate differently.
This diagram illustrates all known animal species, and their evolutionary relationship to one another.
The Death Valley is experiencing a bloom of wildflowers after an exceptionally wet October.
New research has found that, much like humans who get sick when they’re rundown and overworked, bleaching may be a trigger for viral outbreaks of corals.
A review in the journal Anthropocene finds plastic has changed the surface of the planet since the mid-20th century.
The World Health Organization has said that Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas.
