Professor Arline T. Geronimus of the University of Michigan developed the theory of “weathering” while studying health complications of first-time mothers and identifying racial and economic ...

While shoveling during Tuesday’s storm, I got to wondering who in Rhode Island might have one of the toughest ordeals in wet, heavy snow. Then it came to me. Stacy Rae. By whom I mean Stacy Rae ...

Earth’s climate balance isn’t just governed by the slow weathering of silicate rocks, which capture carbon and stabilize temperature over eons. New research reveals that biological and oceanic ...

Netflix’s Weathering is a sharp, if not a little predictable, commentary on what happens when Black women are ignored. After a mother loses her baby in childbirth, she’s haunted by the loss and can’t ...

Scientists in Germany tested how blood reacts to microplastics that have been exposed to “weathering,” meaning sunlight, heat, and other natural forces that change their surface. These weathered ...

For many hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has varied by not much more than 20 degrees Celsius, facilitating life on our planet. To maintain such ...

When Dr. Arline Geronimus first introduced the theory in 1990, her ideas were derided and largely ignored. Now, people are starting to listen. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta For Arline Geronimus, avoiding ...

How do we talk about miscarriages? The word sometimes feels taboo. It is tied so closely with raw feelings of devastation, confusion, heartbreak and rage — all easier to avoid than confront. Karamu ...