Questions are being raised about microplastics studies – here’s what’s solid science and what isn’t

Scientists question whether alarming reports of plastic particles in human organs are accurate or the result of laboratory contamination.

Science is best communicated through identity and culture: How researchers are ensuring STEM serves their communities

Lived experiences shape how science is conducted. This matters because who gets to speak for science steers which problems ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time

T he last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science ...
WRIC

VCU expanding ‘Spit for Science’ study, looking for 1,000 freshmen to participate

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) are looking for more than 1,000 incoming freshmen to participate in its “Spit for Science” study — the largest genetic and ...
Santa Clara University

Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences

The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences (ESS) offers interdisciplinary programs of study leading to a bachelor of science in environmental science or environmental studies. A minor in ...