The National Academy of Sciences has two new reports on proposals to combat climate change, and Tabitha M. Powledge says that the idea isn't winning much support: "Some reject geoengineering after thoughtful consideration, and others reject it for being, as one of the report authors said at Slate, 'wildly, utterly, howlingly barking mad.'" Also, a proposal to rebrand chronic fatigue syndrome, and a nevermind (maybe) on those allegedly counterfeit herbal supplements.
February 14, 2015
