The Pandemic's Next Effect: A Giant Wave of Disabling Grief

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May 19, 2021

Mental Health The Pandemic's Next Effect: A Giant Wave of Disabling Grief COVID deaths are leaving millions bereaved. For some, the intense grief never recedes, making daily life almost impossible By Katherine Harmon Courage

Public Health How the Scientific American Staff Is Reacting to the CDC's New Mask Guidance We asked our vaccinated colleagues whether they planned on keeping their masks on or not—and why By THE EDITORS

Cognition To the Brain, a Tool Is Just a Tool, Not a Hand Extension Recent findings have implications for the design of prostheses. Care for a third thumb, anyone? By Gary Stix

Biology See the Most Bizarre and Beautiful Animal Eyes on Earth Some of these peepers have eyepopping abilities By Leslie Nemo

Automotive Biden Touts Electric Vehicles Amid Negotiations on Infrastructure Spending Congressional Republicans have balked at White House proposals to boost EV use By Adam Aton,E&E News

Public Health Why Monoclonal Antibody COVID Therapies Have Not Lived Up to Expectations The drugs used to treat Donald Trump have not been widely administered to other patients, but they still have a role to play By Carlos del Rio

Energy Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 Are Possible, Landmark Report Says The International Energy Agency outlines the steps needed to overhaul energy systems to meet global warming goals By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Biology Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them By Maryn McKenna

Physics First Nuclear Detonation Created 'Impossible' Quasicrystals Their structures were once controversial. Now researchers have discovered quasicrystals in the aftermath of a 1945 bomb test By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Climate Climate Change Added $8 Billion to Hurricane Sandy's Damage New research shows how much warming is costing society by exacerbating disasters By Andrea Thompson

Biology Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom The discovery of exotic arachnids reveals as much about the structure of science as it does about the creatures By Eric Boodman,Undark

Behavior & Society The Cause of America's Post-Truth Predicament People have been manipulated to think that beliefs needn't change in response to evidence, making us more susceptible to conspiracy theories, science denial and extremism By Andy Norman

FROM THE STORE Criminal Psychology and the Roots of Violence In 2020, mass shootings and hate crimes reached record highs. On January 6, 2021, a deadly mob stormed the US Capitol. In this eBook, we examine the factors that contribute to aggressive and brutal behavior, including its biological and genetic underpinnings, how intimacy and bias can lead to violence, how people become radicalized to commit acts of aggression, as well as certain psychological disorders and their role in violent behavior.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Surprising Mental Toll of COVID The rise in depression and anxiety is even worse than expected, especially among young adults By Claudia Wallis | December 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "If we don't find ways to bring attention to the emotional suffering that people are coping with right now, it will turn into more serious problems." Vickie Mays, professor of health policy and management at the University of California, Los Angeles

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