Forgotten Memories of Traumatic Events Get Some Backing from Brain-Imaging Studies

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April 06, 2021

Neuroscience Forgotten Memories of Traumatic Events Get Some Backing from Brain-Imaging Studies A new wave of research seeks neurological signatures for a type of amnesia By Joshua Kendall

Behavior & Society The Myth of Stephen Hawking He was an important physicist, but the press and the public saw him as a prophet—and he didn't go out of his way to discourage them By Charles Seife

Public Health Vermont to Give Minority Residents Priority for COVID Vaccines But some health experts say people of color still need improved access to vaccination sites, along with more information By Phil Galewitz,Kaiser Health News

Natural Disasters Pressure Builds on Congress to Help People Afford Pricey Flood Insurance Premiums will rise in October, but 51 percent of homeowners in high risk areas are low income By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Public Health What's Next in the Search for COVID's Origins A World Health Organization report makes a reasonable start, scientists say, but there are many questions yet to be answered By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

Public Health How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks We each have more power to be a science communicator than we realize By Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Space NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Touches Down, Prepares for Flight Now on the surface, the interplanetary aircraft could soar as early as next week By Tariq Malik,SPACE.com

Conservation Seagrass Forests Counteract Ocean Acidification More of the coastal vegetation could lessen stress on corals and shellfish By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Policy & Ethics We Must Enhance--but also Decolonize--America's Global Health Diplomacy The U.S. can rebuild its role in the global health landscape on the basis of equitable policies rather than exploitative ones By Ans Irfan,Christopher Jackson,Ankita Arora

Biology Killer Leaves Emerge from Plant-Butterfly Arms Race Closely related plants evolved to sacrifice patches of their own leaves, destroying specific caterpillar eggs By Chris Baraniuk

Evolution Boston's Pigeons Coo, 'Wicked'; New York's Birds Coo, 'Fuhgeddaboudit' The two cities' rock doves are genetically distinct, research shows. By Karen Hopkin | 03:56

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 324, Issue 2

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Trying to Forget May Impair Memory Suppressing unwanted memories interferes with the brain's ability to retain new information By Dinsa Sachan | September 2016

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Dissociation involves a psychological escape when a physical escape is not possible." Ruth Lanius, professor of psychiatry and director of the PTSD research unit at the University of Western Ontario

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