Omicron-Specific COVID Boosters Are Coming

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July 07, 2022

Vaccines Omicron-Specific COVID Boosters Are Coming The FDA has called for updating COVID vaccines to address the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. But will the shots keep up with the virus? By Charles Schmidt

Animals The Quest for a 'Tick Map' Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying arthropods pose the most danger By Kat Eschner

Climate Change Three Climate Rules Threatened by the Supreme Court's EPA Decision The court's use of the "major questions" doctrine is likely to spur challenges to climate and energy regulations By Lesley Clark,Niina H. Farah,E&E News

Mental Health A Single, Quick 'Mindset' Exercise Protects against Adolescent Stress Reframing erroneous beliefs alleviates the emotional upheavals that beset young people on the cusp of adulthood By Lydia Denworth

Climate Change Alaska Is on Pace for Another Historic Fire Season Thousands of lightning strikes and a warming climate have contributed to the fires burning around the state By Rick Thoman,The Conversation US

Evolution Toxic Slime Contributed to Earth's Worst Mass Extinction--And It's Making a Comeback Global warming fueled rampant overgrowth of microbes at the end of the Permian period. Such lethal blooms may be on the rise again By Chris Mays,Vivi Vajda,Stephen McLoughlin

Endangered Species African Wild Dogs Lose Pups to Climate Adaptation 'Trap' The endangered wild dog has shifted its breeding season by 22 days, resulting in fewer pups living through their first year By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Climate Change Save the Climate by Improving Jobs Economic fears can make fossil-fuel workers oppose shifts to greener energy. But a "just transition" can offer them a secure future By J. Mijin Cha

Weather What Is a Heat Dome? An atmospheric scientist explains how large, persistent bends in the jet stream can bake a region for days By William Gallus,The Conversation US

Animals How Antarctic Krill Coordinate the Biggest Swarms in the World Video analysis in 3-D shows the tiny creatures' swarming rules By Andrew Chapman

Astronomy The James Webb Space Telescope The most powerful observatory ever made promises to produce some of the most incredible discoveries of our lifetime, and beyond

FROM THE STORE Revolutions in Science Normally science proceeds in incremental steps, but sometimes a discovery is so profound that it causes a paradigm shift. This eBook is a collection of articles about those kinds of advances, including revolutionary discoveries about the origin of life, theories of learning, formation of the solar system and more. *Editor's Note: Revolutions in Science was originally published as a Collector's Edition. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on mobile devices.

FROM THE ARCHIVE Here's Who Should Get a Second COVID Booster An individual's health risks, treatment access and local case levels come into play for those who are eligible By Esther Landhuis | April 2022

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