New Arkansas Law—and Similar Bills—Endanger Transgender Youth, Research Shows

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April 09, 2021

Policy & Ethics New Arkansas Law—and Similar Bills—Endanger Transgender Youth, Research Shows The legislation runs counter to evidence that puberty blockers and hormone treatments are safe and save lives By Sara Reardon

Biology Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom Billions of emerging insects will likely trigger predator population surges—but some species mysteriously opt out of such bounties By Jillian Mock

Public Health COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American's senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. By Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio | 05:24

Environment Heat-Trapping Methane Surged in 2020 Aquatic ecosystems, many altered by human activities, played a surprisingly large role By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Policy & Ethics Nations Claim Large Overlapping Sections of Arctic Seafloor The five coastal countries will have to rectify their science and their politics By Mark Fischetti

Arts & Culture How to Make a Hippogriff Fly and Other Flights of Fancy A paleontologist and an illustrator team up to make mythical creatures follow biomechanical rules By Michael B. Habib,Terryl Whitlatch

Behavior & Society To Close the Gender Gap in Wages, We Need to Start Young As early as third grade, girls ask for less than boys when negotiating By Sophie Arnold,Katherine McAuliffe

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Brood Awakening: 17-Year Cicadas Emerge 4 Years Early Scientists search for the mysterious cause, as millions of hatching bugs loudly buzz the night away By Knvul Sheikh | May 2017

QUOTE OF THE DAY "If we actually deny care to people, they would suffer.... Going after puberty blockers sounds like sabotage to me." Joshua Safer, endocrinologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, Scientific American

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