Is an Antidepressant Right for You? Ask Your Brain Waves

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February 11, 2020

Dear Reader, Today we're celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Women have long been denied equal opportunity in economics, politics, education and health care. Progress has been made in recent decades, but major gaps remain. Our latest special issue—which hits newsstands today and is available to read online—shows why women's equality, health, wealth and safety matter to everyone. In our February issue, columnist Wade Roush explains that people are already experiencing an augmented view of the world through their smartphones. Elsewhere in tech news, researchers are working on AI that can accurately predict an antidepressant's efficacy based on a patient's brain activity. And lastly, the disease caused by the new coronavirus has been given a name: Covid-19.

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Neuroscience Is an Antidepressant Right for You? Ask Your Brain Waves EEGs successfully picked out which depressed individuals got better on the drug Zoloft By Karen Weintraub

Behavior & Society Why Are There So Few Female Leaders? Women are more likely to be viewed as leaders after longer interactions By Matthew Hutson

Public Health Disease Caused by the Novel Coronavirus Officially Has a Name: Covid-19 The World Health Organization chose the name based on the type of virus and the year the first cases were seen By Andrew Joseph,STAT

Natural Disasters Second Year of Major Spring Floods Forecast for U.S. Heartland Swollen rivers could impede levee repairs, inundate homes and delay the planting of crops By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Evolution Footprint Find Could Be a "Holy Grail" of Pterosaur Research How early pterosaurs walked on the ground has been a complete mystery. Now the first known trackways of their footprints offer answers By John Pickrell

Electronics Augmented Reality Is Getting Real AR headsets are still bulky and expensive, but smartphone-based apps are filling the gap By Wade Roush

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FROM THE ARCHIVE How to Fix the Many Hurdles That Stand in Female Scientists' Way Women face discrimination of many kinds. We need a culture change By Hannah A. Valantine | December 2016

QUOTE OF THE DAY "All sectors of innovation cannot afford to waste the talents of women. Dollars and science aside, there is a more basic reason to care: justice and equality for all." Andrea Gawrylewski, Senior Editor, Scientific American

WHAT WE'RE READING Devoted to discovery: seven women scientists who have shaped our world By Medium Marie Curie's legacy looms large 150 years after her birth By Science Magazine The heroines STEM: Ten women in science you should know By CNN

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