Annual Reviews: Keyword search for query Understanding the sudden rise of type 2 diabetes in children https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/type-2-diabetes-children https://10.1146/knowable-073124-1 The metabolic disorder was long known as a disease of adulthood. Now, it’s spiking in kids and teens, with worrisome consequences.

]]> Understanding the sudden rise of type 2 diabetes in children doi:10.1146/knowable-073124-1 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:31 GMT Health & Disease Charlotte Huff Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/are-you-a-workaholic-how-to-spot-the-signs https://10.1146/knowable-072324-1 In a major shift, psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction with its own set of risk factors and consequences

]]> Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs doi:10.1146/knowable-072324-1 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:22 GMT Society Chris Woolston Of genes, chromosomes and oratorios https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/jenny-graves-chromosomes-genes-evolution-origins https://10.1146/knowable-071724-1 Jenny Graves has spent her life mapping genes and comparing genomes. Now she’s created a musical opus about evolution of life on this planet — bringing the same drive and experimentalism she brought to the study of marsupial chromosomes.

]]> Of genes, chromosomes and oratorios doi:10.1146/knowable-071724-1 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:17 GMT Society Marla Broadfoot It’s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2024/animals-change-social-habits-old-age-macaques-deer-sheep https://10.1146/knowable-071524-1 In patterns that may sound familiar, long-term studies reveal what elderly deer, sheep and macaques are up to in their twilight years

]]> It’s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age doi:10.1146/knowable-071524-1 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:15 GMT The Mind Tim Vernimmen To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/carbon-capture-use-storage-role-slowing-climate-change https://10.1146/knowable-070924-2 The technologies are a useful tool to reduce CO2 levels but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels

]]> To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve doi:10.1146/knowable-070924-2 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:09 GMT Society Natasha Gilbert The greening of planes, trains and automobiles https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2024/decarbonization-of-transportation-predictions https://10.1146/knowable-070324-2 We need new fuels to transport people and goods around the globe as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil. Here’s how things are shaping up.

]]> The greening of planes, trains and automobiles doi:10.1146/knowable-070324-2 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:03 GMT Technology Nicola Jones Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/the-impact-of-the-us-mexico-border-wall-on-biodiversity https://10.1146/knowable-062724-2 Scientists on both sides of the border are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the area’s biodiversity. Meanwhile, communities try to save animals left without access to water.

]]> Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife doi:10.1146/knowable-062724-2 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:27 GMT Food & Environment Iván Carrillo The most common wombat is also the least understood https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/most-common-species-wombat-is-least-understood https://10.1146/knowable-062024-2 Australia’s iconic marsupial has been viewed as a food source, pest, mascot and, now, a conservation concern. Scientists are breaking down myths — using genetics, robots and citizen science — and finding new ways to protect the animals.

]]> The most common wombat is also the least understood doi:10.1146/knowable-062024-2 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:20 GMT Living World Amber Dance Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/reducing-methane-emissions-from-livestock https://10.1146/knowable-061024-1 New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way

]]> Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming doi:10.1146/knowable-061024-1 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:10 GMT Food & Environment Bob Holmes A lifetime of love for the charismatic narwhal https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/life-of-the-narwhal-martin-nweeia https://10.1146/knowable-060324-1 An independent scientist working with the Inuit has unraveled many mysteries of the one-tusked ‘unicorn of the sea’

]]> A lifetime of love for the charismatic narwhal doi:10.1146/knowable-060324-1 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:03 GMT Living World Nicola Jones The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/scientists-combat-honeybee-threat-yellow-legged-hornet-spread-us https://10.1146/knowable-052324-1 An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.

]]> The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US doi:10.1146/knowable-052324-1 Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:23 GMT Food & Environment Hannah Hoag Time for half-year resolutions? https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2024/psychology-of-self-control-new-year-resolutions https://10.1146/knowable-051624-1 If your good intentions from a few months ago haven’t led to much, take note. A psychologist tells us what we can learn from studies on willpower.

]]> Time for half-year resolutions? doi:10.1146/knowable-051624-1 Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:16 GMT The Mind Tim Vernimmen In defense of wild meat’s place at the table https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/how-to-make-bushmeat-or-wild-meat-safe-and-sustainable https://10.1146/knowable-050924-2 Sustainable and safe consumption of wildlife is possible, and important for those who depend on it, says a conservation researcher

]]> In defense of wild meat’s place at the table doi:10.1146/knowable-050924-2 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:09 GMT Food & Environment Tim Vernimmen From toxic fungus to soy sauce superstar https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/evolution-of-koji-mold-soy-sauce-sake https://10.1146/knowable-050124-1 Today the koji mold is a master fermenter, but it has a checkered past

]]> From toxic fungus to soy sauce superstar doi:10.1146/knowable-050124-1 Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:01 GMT Food & Environment Rachel Ehrenberg When are parents responsible for their kids’ behavior? https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/when-are-parents-responsible-for-their-kids-behavior https://10.1146/knowable-042524-1 A researcher weighs in on who’s accountable, when and why, in the eyes of the law — and whether the measures work as intended

]]> When are parents responsible for their kids’ behavior? doi:10.1146/knowable-042524-1 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:25 GMT Society Elise Hansen How next-gen data analytics is changing American football https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2024/how-next-gen-data-analytics-changing-american-football https://10.1146/knowable-042324-2 At the NFL’s Big Data Bowl, scientists compete to develop new stats that better capture player performance

]]> How next-gen data analytics is changing American football doi:10.1146/knowable-042324-2 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:23 GMT Technology Dana Mackenzie Why do some people always get lost? https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/why-do-some-people-always-get-lost-but-others-dont https://10.1146/knowable-041024-1 Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction

]]> Why do some people always get lost? doi:10.1146/knowable-041024-1 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:10 GMT Society Bob Holmes Inching toward a global treaty on plastic pollution https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/imogen-napper-interview-global-treaty-plastic-pollution https://10.1146/knowable-032724-2 Delegates from 175 nations are working on an international agreement that would tackle the vast amounts of plastic waste in the environment. A marine scientist specializing in plastic pollution discusses the problem and her hopes for the proceedings.

]]> Inching toward a global treaty on plastic pollution doi:10.1146/knowable-032724-2 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:27 GMT Food & Environment Nicola Jones Why isn’t dental health considered primary medical care? https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/why-isnt-dental-health-considered-primary-medical-care https://10.1146/knowable-032124-1 Ailments of the mouth can put the body at risk for a slew of other ills. Some practitioners think dentistry should no longer be siloed.

]]> Why isn’t dental health considered primary medical care? doi:10.1146/knowable-032124-1 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:21 GMT Health & Disease Lola Butcher Nuclear’s role in a net-zero world https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/nuclears-role-in-a-net-zero-world https://10.1146/knowable-031924-2 Is nuclear power a necessary part of the energy transition away from fossil fuels? As the debate rages on, new technologies and smaller reactors may be shifting the balance.

]]> Nuclear’s role in a net-zero world doi:10.1146/knowable-031924-2 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:19 GMT Food & Environment Nicola Jones