Last U.S. polio patient with an iron lung dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard was diagnosed with polio at age 5. For the past two years, she was in an iron lung nearly 24 hours a day.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in ...
New Scientist

2026 eclipse: 5 citizen science projects you can contribute to

During the August 2026 solar eclipse, scientists will be rushing to gather data on the sun, but even if you aren't a ...
Inside Climate News

NYC Invests in Air Quality, but the Bronx Still Can’t Breathe Easy

Highways, peaker plants and commercial and industrial activity cluster in the borough. Despite projects and policies designed ...
martech

Gartner: 40% of agentic AI projects will fail, making humans indispensable

Get traffic data and keyword intel on competitors instantly. Fact: Agentic AI is making humans indispensable. More than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027. That is a ...
Nature

Make science more reliable: study people as they go about their lives

John A. List is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia; and chief economist at Walmart in ...