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May 14, 2021

Biology First Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Released in U.S. Are Hatching Now As Aedes aegypti mosquitoes increase their range because of warming climate, genetic manipulation of the disease-carrying species could gain wider appeal By Donavyn Coffey

Climate World's Oldest Cave Paintings Are Fading--Climate Change May Be to Blame Repeated shifts between wet and dry conditions boost the growth of salt crystals that destabilize the rock canvas By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Medical & Biotech Lab-Made Chicken Reaches Select Diners in Singapore Club-goers in the island city-state take first bites of slaughter-free chicken nuggets grown in bioreactors By Emily Waltz,Nature Biotechnology

Evolution Who Laps Whom on the Walking Track--Tyrannosaurus rex or You? Science Has a New Answer An analysis of the animal’s walking speed suggests that T. rex’s walking pace was close to that of a human. It’s too bad the king of the dinosaurs didn’t just walk when hungry. By Christopher Intagliata | 02:16

Behavior & Society As Its Longest War Comes to an End, the U.S. Should Seek to End All Wars Along with other nations, we should begin talking about how to put militarism behind us By John Horgan

Public Health CDC Says Vaccinated People Do Not Need to Wear Masks in Most Settings The agency’s latest guidelines provide an incentive for people to get vaccinated, but some may see them as premature By Tanya Lewis

Climate A New Book Manages to Get Climate Science Badly Wrong In Unsettled, Steven Koonin deploys that highly misleading label to falsely suggest that we don’t understand the risks well enough to take action By Gary Yohe

Public Health Will COVID Force Public Health to Confront America's Epic Inequality? In California’s San Joaquin Valley, some researchers are turning political to address the social determinants of health By Amy Maxmen,Nature magazine

Space We Are the Aliens On a geological timescale, the emergence of the human “dataome” is like a sudden invasion by extraterrestrials, or an asteroid impact that precipitates a mass extinction By Caleb A. Scharf

Climate Republican Infrastructure Counterproposal Mostly Eliminates Climate Spending Climate has emerged as a key sticking point in talks between President Biden and Republican leaders By Adam Aton,E&E News

Public Health Tomorrow's Biggest Microbial Threats Health experts around the world are focused on SARS-CoV-2, but similar viruses and microbial organisms such as bacteria could create the next global killer By Mike May,Nature Medicine

Medical & Biotech New Blood Analyzer Tells Human from Animal Samples on the Spot The system could someday provide fast results at a crime scene By Harini Barath

Medicine Adolescents Can Finally Get Vaccinated against COVID Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approval is younger teens’ shot at freedom By Tara Haelle

FROM THE STORE The Science of Climate Change   As evidence for human interference in the Earth’s climate continues to accumulate, scientists have gained a better understanding of when, where and how the impacts of global warming are being felt. In this eBook, we examine those impacts on the planet, on human society and on the plant and animal kingdoms, as well as effective mitigation strategies including resourceful urban design and smart carbon policies. *Editor's Note: This Collector’s Edition was published as Climate Change. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on tablet devices.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Other Reason Mosquitoes Want to Suck Your Blood Mosquitoes are more likely to bite hosts when they are thirsty, possibly increasing disease spread By Rachel Nuwer | August 2018

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