Undark is a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. It is published with generous funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, through its Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• Experts Debate the Risks of Made-to-Order DNA Technical advances may be making it easier to build dangerous biological materials from scratch, with few regulations.
  Undark, December 2022
• For Those With Sickle Cell Disease, Inequities in Fertility Care Advocates say there is a lack of reproductive healthcare for young people living with the complex disease.
  Undark, December 2022
• The Public Shouldn't Pay for Drugs Twice Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. For equitable drug access, we need a new R&D model.
  Undark, November 2022
• How the Pandemic Let Some Patients Breathe Easier The pandemic led to improvements in oxygen delivery, which will benefit patients beyond those who suffer from COVID-19.
  Undark, October 2022
• Other Countries Have Reduced Stillbirth Rates. Why Not the US? In the United States, there are still about 21,000 stillbirths each year. Experts say many are preventable.
  Undark, October 2022
• A New, Transparent AI Tool May Help Detect Blood Poisoning The algorithm scans electronic records and may reduce sepsis deaths, but widespread adoption could be a challenge.
  Undark, October 2022
• The Private Market Is No Place for COVID-19 Countermeasures The US will stop funding vaccines but says it wants equitable access. That’s not possible in a predatory system.
  Undark, October 2022
• Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron Feminists have generated a set of tools to make science less biased and more robust. Why don't more scientists use it?
  Undark, September 2022
• Access to New Cancer Treatment Is a Hurdle for Rural Americans A potentially toxic immune response to the treatment limits its availability to major transplant hospitals.
  Undark, August 2022
• The Monkeypox Epidemic Is Unusual: Here's How I Know An epidemiologist explains why the virus isn't an STI — and what really counts as "close contact."
  Undark, August 2022

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