Exquisite Fossils Show an Entire Rain Forest Ecosystem

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September 13, 2022

Paleontology Exquisite Fossils Show an Entire Rain Forest Ecosystem The fossil-filled volcanic crater Foulden Maar was almost destroyed. A new book documents its ancient-ecosystem wonders By Kate Evans

Archaeology Prehistoric Child's Amputation is Oldest Surgery of Its Kind Skeleton missing lower left leg and dated to 31,000 years ago provides the earliest known evidence for surgical limb removal. By McKenzie Prillaman,Nature magazine

Vaccines Unvaxxed Kids, and 8 Days a Week (of Isolation) | COVID, Quickly, Episode 38 This is our second back-to-school special episode. Today, we talk about two big issues—the low vaccination rates among the littlest kids, and how long you should quarantine after being sick (actually). By Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio,Tulika Bose | 07:07

Climate Change Here's How Climate Change Is Hurting the U.S. A new U.S. government website keeps a running tally of climate-juiced hazards and the number of residents facing these threats By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Public Health The Hidden Toll of Wildfires A huge aerial campaign seeks to understand the effects of biomass smoke on human health By Kyle Dickman

Oceans Who Owns the Ocean's Genes? Tension on the High Seas Countries are struggling with how to share genetic code from myriad ocean creatures, which could lead to billion-dollar drugs By Olive Heffernan

Animals Cockatoos Work to Outsmart Humans in Escalating Garbage Bin Wars An innovation arms race may rage between birds and humans on the suburban streets of southeastern Australia  By Darren Incorvaia

Health Care We Need More Health Clinics at Schools In-school clinics improve well-being and educational outcomes and serve children who need them most By The Editors

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