Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More than 1 Billion Sea Creatures

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July 15, 2021

Environment Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More than 1 Billion Sea Creatures The massive loss could destabilize local marine ecosystems By Valerie Yurk,E&E News

Biology Spiders on Tiny Treadmills Give Scientists the Side Eye Jumping spiders see more in their periphery than previously known By Maddie Bender

Public Health Kids Get 'Long COVID' Too Children can suffer lingering symptoms from the disease, but researchers are still working to determine how frequently and how severely By Dyani Lewis,Nature magazine

Neuroscience New Brain Implant Transmits Full Words from Neural Signals No spelling out of letters is needed for a paralyzed person to use the first-of-a-kind neuroprosthesis By Emily Willingham

Physics China Is Pulling Ahead in Global Quantum Race, New Studies Suggest The competition between the U.S. and China over development of quantum technology has implications for both the future of science and the two countries' political relations By Daniel Garisto

Medicine There Are Few Good COVID Antivirals, but That Could Be Changing Developing pills that block the novel coronavirus has been challenging. A new Biden administration program aims to boost the effort By Charles Schmidt

Biology 'Inflammation Clock' Can Reveal Body's Biological Age Using machine learning, researchers created a tool that might help doctors improve people's healthy lifespan By Max Kozlov,Nature magazine

The Body The Problem with Pain Scores Physicians often ask you to rate your agony on a scale from one to 10—but the response doesn't necessarily say anything useful By Daniel Barron

Space New Space Radiation Limits Needed for NASA Astronauts, Report Says Although meant to minimize risks to human health, the proposed new limits would still be exceeded by any conceivable near-future crewed voyage to Mars By Ramin Skibba

Public Health Is Your Office Safe from COVID? What to Know Now That Your Boss Wants You Back Workers are anxious because the coronavirus is still infecting people. Here are ways to evaluate the safety of a shared work space By Christie Aschwanden

Natural Disasters Cities 'Game' Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Public Health We Must Protect Our Public Health Agencies from Political Interference Some states have passed laws that threaten to undermine these vital resources, and others may follow By Janice Phillips

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Oceans Are Warming Faster Than Predicted Earth's seas are absorbing excess heat 40 percent faster than previous estimates By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News | January 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY "I was on a shore just as the tide was falling on the first of the three hot days. I was not thinking to myself, 'All of these things will probably be dead by Monday afternoon.'" Christopher Harley, professor at the University of British Columbia

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