Flu Season Never Came to the Southern Hemisphere

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September 30, 2020

Public Health Flu Season Never Came to the Southern Hemisphere Mask wearing and social distancing for COVID-19 may have cut influenza cases south of the equator By Katie Peek

Space Everything Scientists Know So Far about the First Interstellar Objects Ever Detected Strange bodies from beyond the solar system have defied predictions By David Jewitt,Amaya Moro-Martín

Public Health One in Seven Dire COVID Cases May Result from a Faulty Immune Response Two new studies link some severe infections to genetics and an autoimmune reaction that attacks the body's own defenses By Claudia Wallis

Climate Climate Change Receives Unexpected Attention at First Presidential Debate Trump and Biden presented starkly different climate agendas during the longest discussion of the issue in recent debates By Adam Aton,E&E News

Physics Possibility of Dark Bosons Entices Physicists Hints of anomalous activity in heavy isotopes could be clues to new physics By Daniel Garisto

Public Health We Need Federal Action to Prevent the Next Pandemic To reduce the likelihood of crises like COVID-19, a comprehensive national approach is essential By Christian Walzer,John Calvelli

Math Can an Algorithm Help Solve Political Paralysis? As faith in government hits historic lows, organizers in the U.K. are trying a new math-based approach to democracy. Would it work in the bitterly divided U.S? By Julia Hotz

Space It's the End of the World ... Somewhere Extraterrestrials in existential trouble might be easiest to find—and also the most informative By Caleb A. Scharf

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FROM THE ARCHIVE We Need a Universal Flu Vaccine before the Next Pandemic Strikes A century after the deadly pandemic of 1918, we're still not safe By Catharine I. Paules,Anthony S. Fauci | February 2018

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