Tanya Lewis
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Tanya:
St Patrick's Day: 5 facts about this most Irish of celebrations
Why we wear green and other curiosities associated with this spirited Irish holiday. → Read More
Your Cats Can Tell When You’re Speaking to Them
Felines recognize their owners’ cat-directed baby talk → Read More
Sexist Science in Soccer Harms Women in an Epic Own Goal
As players take the pitch for the men's World Cup, science supports their safety and equipment more than it does women's → Read More
Abortion Rights Won Big at the Ballot Box
Voters chose to protect abortion rights in all five states with abortion-related measures on their ballots → Read More
How Scientists Revived Dead Pigs’ Organs, and What the Feat Means for Transplants
A whole-body perfusion system restored cellular activity in pigs an hour postmortem → Read More
Scientists Revive Human Retinas after Death
Restoring eye tissue postmortem could pave the way for reviving other types of brain tissue → Read More
5 Things to Know about Monkeypox
From symptoms, vaccines and treatment, here are some fast facts about Monkeypox → Read More
How Abortion Medications Differ from ‘Plan B’ and Other Emergency Contraceptives
Drugs such as mifepristone and misoprostol end a pregnancy, whereas the ‘morning-after’ pill works by preventing one → Read More
What We Know about the Rise in Monkeypox Cases Worldwide
It is unclear how some people recently diagnosed with the disease became infected with the monkeypox virus or how it is likely to spread → Read More
Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes
Firearms now exceed automobile accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death for people ages one to 24, a new analysis shows → Read More
Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Have Devastating Health and Financial Impacts, Landmark Study Showed
The researcher who led the Turnaway Study explains how being denied an abortion had lasting negative effects on those who were forced to carry their pregnancies to term and on their children → Read More
How the War in Ukraine Is Causing Indirect Deaths
Crowded shelters and destroyed health care facilities will likely exacerbate COVID, TB and other diseases → Read More
People, Not Science, Decide When a Pandemic Is Over
Historians of the 1918 influenza pandemic discuss lessons for what the future of COVID might look like → Read More
People, Not Science, Decide When a Pandemic Is Over
Historians of the 1918 influenza pandemic discuss lessons for what the future of COVID might look like → Read More
How the Pandemic Remade Science Journalism
It’s no longer possible to separate science and politics → Read More
How Olympic Figure Skaters Break Records with Physics
An exercise scientist explains the biomechanics behind jumps such as the quadruple Axel, and what the body’s limits are → Read More
Honeybees Social Distance to Prevent Disease, Too
The insects balance separation and care for those infected by parasites → Read More
How Immunocompromised People Without Strong Vaccine Protection Are Coping with COVID
People with diseases or treatments that suppress their immune system cannot count on the same protection most vaccinated people have → Read More
Human Heart: Anatomy, Function & Facts
The human heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body via the circulatory system. → Read More
The Quest to Overcome Gene Therapy’s Failures
Tragic side effects plagued the field’s early years, but researchers are finding ways to minimize the risks → Read More