This COVID Winter May Cause Fewer Deaths yet Still Bring a Surge

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November 11, 2021

Epidemiology This COVID Winter May Cause Fewer Deaths yet Still Bring a Surge This year is unlikely to see as many severe cases as last year, but relaxed restrictions and a patchwork of vaccination could still mean trouble, experts warn By Marla Broadfoot

Fossil Fuels Global Emissions Rebound to Pre-COVID Levels After months of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, economies are reopening, and carbon dioxide levels are rising By Rob Jackson,Pierre Friedlingstein,Corinne Le Quéré,Robbie Andrewis,Pep Canadell,Glen Petersis,Sam Abernethy

Diversity Lost Women of Science, Episode 2: The Matilda Effect A passionate outdoorswoman, a "rugged individualist" and a bit of an enigma—the few traces Dorothy Andersen left behind give us glimpses into who she was. In this episode, we track down people determined to stitch together her life. Our associate producer Sophie McNulty rummages through the basement of one of Andersen's colleagues for clues about the elusive pathologist. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, N.Y., pediatric intensivist Scott Baird suggests we take a second look at the conventional wisdom surrounding the evolution of cystic fibrosis research in the 1950s. This is the Lost Women of Science podcast By Katie Hafner,The Lost Women of Science Initiative

Climate Change 'The Whole Place Feels Wrong': Voices across America on What the Climate Crisis Stole In the six years since the Paris Agreement, the climate crisis has caused catastrophes and slow transformations of familiar landscapes, upending lives everywhere By The Guardian

Animals Genes Reveal How Some Rockfish Live Up to 200 Years Scientists surveyed dozens of species' genomes to uncover keys to longevity By Jack Tamisiea

Geology New Mineral Discovered in Deep-Earth Diamond The surprising find has never shown up in nature before, and reveals secrets about Earth's mantle By Stephanie Pappas

Archaeology Dozens of Shipwreck Discoveries Anticipated in New Marine Sanctuary A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan By Jennifer Nalewicki

Climate Change COP Architects Furious at Lack of Climate Justice at Pivotal Summit Scientists who worked on the original UN climate convention doubt that COP26 will deliver for low income countries By Ehsan Masood,Nature magazine

Climate Change U.S.-China Deal Boosts Climate Talks in Final Stretch The agreement calls for sharing carbon capture technology and developing new methane policies By Jean Chemnick,Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Neurology How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain SARS-CoV-2 appears to travel widely across the cerebral cortex By Gary Stix

Extraterrestrial Life How Scientists Could Tell the World if They Find Alien Life Sparked by major advances in their field, astrobiologists are grappling with how best to discuss possible breakthrough discoveries with the public By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Politics The Anti–Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education The election of Glenn Youngkin and other anti-CRT candidates demonstrates how exploiting white fear continues to galvanize voters By Daniel Kreiss,Alice Marwick,Francesca Bolla Tripodi

Cancer Engineered Bacteria Use Air Bubbles as Acoustically Detonated Tumor TNT Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside. By Sarah Vitak | 08:03

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FROM THE ARCHIVE You Can Get through This Dark Pandemic Winter Using Tips from Disaster Psychology Deaths are surging, and mental health is strained. But coping strategies people use amid other catastrophes can help By Melinda Wenner Moyer | December 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "This virus is not going away. And when we look at history, every time cases started coming down, Americans were more likely to move around and less likely to wear masks." Ali Mokdad, epidemiologist at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

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