Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities

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October 14, 2021

Climate Change Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities Population growth, climate change and the urban heat island effect are combining to put more people at risk By Andrea Thompson

Mathematics Gnarly, Centuries-Old Mathematical Quandaries Get New Solutions A set of puzzles called Diophantine problems are often simple to state but hard to solve—though progress could have big implications for the future of mathematics By Rachel Crowell

Microbiology Gut Bacteria Change as You Get Older--and May Accelerate Aging Microbe types in older people's intestines are different and are linked to disease By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Neurology Large Trial Finds Oxytocin Nasal Spray Is Ineffective for Autism The hormone is unlikely to increase sociability in most autistic children, according to a new study By Angie Voyles Askham,Spectrum

Climate Change America's Next Great Migrations Are Driven by Climate Change Too many people are moving to the wrong places By Parag Khanna,Susan Joy Hassol

Creativity Remote Work Can Be Better for Innovation Than In-Person Meetings Seven steps for more inclusive and productive virtual brainstorming By Gleb Tsipursky

Conservation World Leaders Meet to Address Biodiversity Crisis, But U.S. Stays on Sidelines Negotiations are underway to update the Convention on Biological Diversity to better protect and restore nature By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Anthropology Genomes Show the History and Travels of Indigenous Peoples A new study demonstrates "I ka wā mamua, ka wā ma hope," or "the future is in the past" By Keolu Fox

Astrophysics FAST, the World's Largest Radio Telescope, Zooms in on a Furious Cosmic Source China's Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope has detected more than 1,600 fast radio bursts from a single enigmatic system By Ling Xin

Pollution Assessing COVID Risk and More with Air Quality Monitors The consumer devices track pollutants as well as CO2—a proxy for potentially virus-laden human breath By Starre Vartan

Climate Change A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska Here's what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park's only road. By Emily Schwing | 07:54

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable By Tanya Lewis | July 2021

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