Rogue Rocky Planet Found Adrift in the Milky Way

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October 19, 2020

Dear Reader, A new study suggests rapid climate change—even just a few degrees of warming—could trigger dramatic bursts of carbon from the thawing Arctic. In space news, researchers may have found a rocky "free-floating" planet. And lastly, a neuroscientist explains why a surprise victory for President Trump is unlikely to happen again in this election.

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Space Rogue Rocky Planet Found Adrift in the Milky Way The diminutive world and others like it could help astronomers probe the mysteries of planet formation By Nola Taylor Redd

Behavior & Society Neuroscience and Psychology Suggest No Surprise Victory for Trump This Time His inflammatory appeals are less likely to activate the same decision-making circuits as in 2016 By R. Douglas Fields

EARTH If Past Is a Guide, Arctic Could Be Verging on Permafrost Collapse Ancient sediments show rapid warming and rising seas caused massive thaws that unleashed carbon into the atmosphere By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Neurological Health Helping Alzheimer's Patients Bring Back Memories Targeting recall processes could let people who are in the disease's early stages access what they currently can't remember By Dheeraj Roy

Biology Old Seaweed Reveals Secret of Monterey Sardine History Decades-old specimens solve a long-standing mystery By Rachel Nuwer

Public Health America's Last Line of Defense for a Safe Vaccine The independent advisers to the CDC and FDA will not bend to politics By Julie Morita,Edward Belongia

Arts & Culture 3,000-Year-Old Orbs Provide a Glimpse of Ancient Sport Researchers say three ancient leather balls, dug up from the tombs of horsemen in northwestern China, are the oldest such specimens from Europe or Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports. By Christopher Intagliata | 01:46

Mental Health Has the Drug-Based Approach to Mental Illness Failed? Journalist Robert Whitaker is more concerned than ever that psychiatric medications do more harm than good By John Horgan

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