COVID Smell Loss and Long COVID Linked to Inflammation

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February 07, 2022

Medicine COVID Smell Loss and Long COVID Linked to Inflammation Hamsters eating Cocoa Krispies reveal inflammation pathways from the olfactory system to the brain By Robin Lloyd

Neurology Spinal Stimulation Helps People with Paralysis Walk, Canoe and Stand at a Bar A new system that targets specific spinal nerves restored motor function quickly in three patients unable to move their legs or trunk By Bret Stetka

Natural Disasters The Tongan Volcano Is a Reminder of Island Nations' Vulnerabilities As the country rebuilds, its leaders need to plan for natural disasters and climate change By Josephine Latu-Sanft

Ecology Beaver Dams Help Wildfire-Ravaged Ecosystems Recover Long after Flames Subside Dams mop up debris that would otherwise kill fish and other downstream wildlife, new observations suggest By Isobel Whitcomb

Climate Change Our Environmental Crisis Requires Political Fixes, Not Technological Ones Our current innovation policies aim to preserve the way we live now, rather than what would do the least damage By Peter Sutoris

Climate Change Spikes in Air Conditioning Use with Warming Could Tax Electric Grid Without enough capacity to meet demand, energy utilities may have to stage rolling blackouts during heat waves By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Pharmaceuticals A Psychedelic May Soon Go to the FDA for Approval to Treat Trauma MDMA, known as Ecstasy in the clubs, gained high marks in a clinical trial for PTSD By Jennifer M. Mitchell

Policy In Case You Missed It Top news from around the world By Nikk Ogasa

Quantum Physics Poem: 'Elective Affinities: Ghazal of the Muon' Science in meter and verse By Judith K. Liebmann

Mental Illness When an Intellectual Disability Means Life or Death This new guest podcast from Undark takes up the case of Pervis Payne, and why his death penalty case reveals the convoluted relationship between science and the courts. By Tasha Lemley,Lydia Chain

Engineering Synthetic Enamel Could Make Teeth Stronger and Smarter Scientists say that the new material is even more durable than real dental enamel By Joanna Thompson

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Mind, Volume 33, Issue 1

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Mysteries of COVID Smell Loss Finally Yield Some Answers Explanations begin to arise at the molecular level for this vexing but commonplace symptom By Stephani Sutherland | November 2020

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