Hot Topics

This is a list of topics, updated frequently, in health and science. You are welcome to write about anything you want, this is just meant to give you ideas if you feel stuck. Feel free to email me with more topic suggestions. Specific story ideas are in italics

Science

  • Nature
    • Why Birds fly in a V formation
    • Only 3K tigers left in the wild
    • Australia plans to kill sharks
    • DC’s giant panda cub
    • Upside down sea anemone discovered
    • Newly discovered dolphin species
  • Space
    • Comets, meteor showers
    • NASA
    • Mars One
    • Stephen Hawking and black holes
    • ISS
  • Geology, engineering, archeology
    • Giant trench under Antarctic ice discovered
  • Check out what’s hot at Reddit science
  • Check out what people are talking about on Facebook #science
  • Check out the latest science news on Google

Health

  • Fitness
    • cycling
    • running
  • Diet
    • paleo diet
    • fasting diet
  • Diseases, Syndromes, Illnesses
    • Obesity
    • Diabetes
    • Heart disease
    • Chronic pain
      • Exercise may be the best treatment for back pain
    • Cancer
    • Illness on cruise ships
    • Eating disorders
    • Sports injuries
    • Alzheimer’s
      • DDT linked to Alzheimer’s
  • Pregnancy
  • Mental health
  • Food and health
    • Check out NPR’s The Salt
    • Jon Stewart talks about factory farming and pig virus
    • Antibiotic resistant bacteria
    • Factory farming
    • FDA to reexamine caramel coloring in soda
  • Alternative health
  • Healthcare costs
  • Medical marijuana
  • Neuroscience
  • Medical breakthroughs
    • Google’s smart contact lens
  • Medical research
    • New smoking study reveals dangers
    • Genetic clue to lupus found
    • Vitamin D supplement benefits examined
  • Check out what’s hot at Reddit health
  • Check out what people are talking about on Facebook #health
  • Check out the latest health news on Google

Environment

  • Clean air
    • Air pollution in China
  • Clean eating:
    • Eating seasonally, locally
  • Clean water
    • West Virginia chemical spill
  • Climate Change
    • UN Climate report
    • Polar bears and climate change
  • Fracking
  • GMOs
    • Labeling
    • Environmental damage
  • Endangered / threatened species /Conservation
    • Sharks and rays threatened
    • Whale shark slaughterhouse in China
  • Environmental Policy
    • Pacific Trade Pact
    • EPA Biofuels targets
    • Pope drafting encyclical on Man & environment
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
    • Alternative energy
      • Wind power becomes Spain’s first energy source
      • Going solar
    • Bosco Verticale, Milan
  • Transportation
  • Waste management
  • Other
    • Preparations for Sochi Olympics destroying local environment
    • Fukushima nuclear disaster & cleanup 
  • Check out what’s hot at Reddit environment
  • Check out what people are talking about on Facebook #environment
  • Check out the latest environment news on Google