Bison

Abstracts: Gut Science, Bison, and More

• Recent years have revealed just how important a healthy gut is to a healthy body — but is the field of gut research biased towards Westerners? (FiveThirtyEight)

• A growing community in Punta Allen, Mexico, was established with the aim of creating a sustainable lobster fishery — and since 1969, it has never over-harvested. (Hakai Magazine)

Two contradictory reports from the WHO about Roundup, an herbicide, are causing confusion over whether it is a carcinogen. (Visual by Pixabay)

Two contradictory reports from the WHO about Roundup, an herbicide, are causing confusion over whether it is a carcinogen. (Visual by Pixabay)

• According to a new UN-WHO report, the chemical in the weed killer Roundup doesn’t cause cancer. Yet last year, a study from a different WHO group said it does. Which is true? (Wired)

• Yellowstone National Park issued a warning for tourists to keep their distance from wildlife after a baby bison, picked up by tourists and loaded into their SUV, had to be euthanized after being rejected by its herd and becoming too familiar with cars. (Washington Post)

• Naturopaths, who use alternative medicines to treat a host of health woes, are pushing for more authority in the U.S., with support from vitamin companies. (STAT)

• As one delta dies, another is born: the story of the Wax Lake River Delta, which has been expanding since 1973, even as the famous Mississippi River Delta dries up. (Nautilus)

• The deaths of thousands of marine animals in Chile may have its roots in dirty fish farming practices. (National Geographic)

• And finally, an artificial intelligence program in Australia successfully learned and recreated the experiment that produces the Bose-Einstein condensate, which won the Nobel Prize in 2001. (TechCrunch)

Claudia Geib is a science writer and editor based on Cape Cod, who specializes in marine and environmental science. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Hakai Magazine, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. She is a graduate of the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing.