Fraudulent Fish Foiled by Cancer-Catching Pen

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May 17, 2021

Engineering Fraudulent Fish Foiled by Cancer-Catching Pen Seafood is often falsely labeled, but a handheld device can tell tuna from tilapia in seconds By Jen Monnier

Medicine Delaying a COVID Vaccine's Second Dose Boosts Immune Response in the Elderly People older than 80 who waited 11–12 weeks for their second jab had higher peak antibody levels than did those who waited only 3 weeks By Heidi Ledford,Nature magazine

Behavior & Society The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn't fallen victim to Nazi ideology By Brandy Schillace

Environment 'Tree Farts' Increase Carbon Emissions in Ghost Forests Trees killed off by encroaching seawater due to sea level rise are a previously unappreciated source of greenhouse gases By Valerie Yurk,E&E News

Policy & Ethics When Scientific Orthodoxy Resembles Religious Dogma Those who refuse to consider an unconventional idea in science are disturbingly similar to those who refused to look through Galileo's telescope  By Avi Loeb

Neuroscience Autism and the Social Mind Social cognitive neuroscience offers insights into the early course of brain development and its connections to autism spectrum disorder By Peter Mundy

Climate What I Learned in Space about the Climate Emergency It's the planet's greatest threat, and fighting it should be our 21st-century moon shot By Scott Kelly

Climate Exxon Mobil's Messaging Shifted Blame for Warming to Consumers An analysis of the fossil fuel company's documents also found it tried to downplay the dangers of climate change By Maxine Joselow,E&E News

Space China Lands Tianwen-1 Rover on Mars in a Major First for the Country Second only to the U.S. in a fully successful Mars landing, China is now set to explore the Utopia Planitia region of the Red Planet's surface By Jonathan O'Callaghan

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

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Landmark Rule Moves U.S. toward Seafood Transparency The Obama administration issued a final rule establishing seafood traceability requirements to help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and seafood fraud By Patrick Mustain | December 2016

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Seafood fraud is not just a concern for the restaurant diner who orders expensive, wild-caught red snapper, only to wind up with a plate of mercury-laden tilefish. Such deception also threatens the environment. Mislabeled fishes often come from poorly managed fisheries that can harm local ecosystems." Jen Monnier, journalist covering public health and the environment

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