A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of 'Long COVID'

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July 06, 2021

Public Health A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of 'Long COVID' We need to plan for a future where millions of survivors are chronically ill By Claire Pomeroy

Space Black Holes Swallow Neutron Stars in a Single Bite, New Results Suggest At long last, the definitive discovery completes a trifecta of astrophysical events that were forecast by gravitational-wave astronomers By Maddie Bender

Public Health COVID Vaccines Will Not Reach Poorest Countries Until 2023 Amid a COVID surge in Africa, vaccine promises from richer nations are not enough to bring an early end to the pandemic, experts say By T. V. Padma,Nature magazine

Climate The Time May Finally Be Ripe for a National Climate Service This umbrella service could make it easier for communities to find information on climate risks, from drought to floods By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Physics Electrons Can Form Bizarre 2-D 'Flatland' in Superconductor This property could reveal new secrets of superconductivity By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Evolution Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy As museums reopen let’s introduce ourselves, and our children, to the original Black ancestors of all human beings By Allison Hopper

Physics Black Holes, Quantum Entanglement and the No-Go Theorem New research shows that there are problems even quantum computers might never be able to solve By Zoë Holmes,Andrew Sornborger

Policy & Ethics The Health Care System Is Shortchanging Non-English Speakers We need to revamp our policies and procedures to guarantee they'll receive language-appropriate materials and care By Pooja Chandrashekar

Biology Treating a Deadly Lung Disease with a Little Help from Amoebas Microscopic soil dwellers hint at a way to reverse COPD symptoms By Sam Jones

Physics AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments Beyond What Any Human Has Conceived Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics By Anil Ananthaswamy

Biology All Coral Cells Grown in a Dish for the First Time A new technique could reveal coral reefs’ vulnerabilities and regenerative potential By Hannah Seo

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Mind, Volume 32, Issue 4

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FROM THE ARCHIVE COVID Can Cause Forgetfulness, Psychosis, Mania or a Stutter The virus induces neurological symptoms that persist long after the pandemic ends By Stephani Sutherland | January 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "If we end up with a million people with ongoing symptoms that are debilitating, that is a tremendous burden for each of these individuals, but also for our health care system and our society." Steven Martin, physician and medical professor at University of Massachusetts via NPR

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