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October 25, 2022

Quantum Physics

The Beauty at the Heart of a 'Spooky' Mystery

Quantum entanglement seems like it shouldn't be possible, but experiments from 2022 Nobel Prize winners based on John Bell's work tell us otherwise

By John Horgan

Astronomy

Dazzling New JWST Image Shows Dusty Stellar Spirals

A new JWST image of a star surrounded by strange, rippling spirals reveals a hidden chapter in the story of how dust spreads across the cosmos

By Phil Plait

Quantum Physics

Researchers Use Quantum 'Telepathy' to Win an 'Impossible' Game

A new playful demonstration of quantum pseudotelepathy could lead to advances in communication and computation

By Philip Ball

Evolution

Vertebrates May Have Used Vocal Communication More Than 100 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought

Animals with a backbone may have first emitted something akin to bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots and snorts more than 400 million years ago

By Rachel Nuwer

Climate Change

5 Things to Know about Climate Reparations

There are growing calls for a mechanism to pay developing countries for losses and damages they've suffered from climate change—a problem they did little to create

By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Public Health

Which COVID Studies Pose a Biohazard?

Controversy surrounding a study that involved modifying SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has prompted researchers to call for better guidance from funders

By Ewen Callaway,Max Kozlov,Nature magazine

Vaccines

New Halloween 'Scariant' Variants and Boosting Your Immunity: COVID, Quickly, Episode 41

In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you've already had the disease.

By Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio | 07:31

Public Health

Diseases Explode after Extreme Flooding and Other Climate Disasters

Devastating floods in Pakistan are driving the spread of disease—and climate change is making such events more common

By Erin Biba

Natural Disasters

FEMA Avoids Past Pitfalls by Rushing Storm Aid to Puerto Rico

Since Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico, FEMA has approved disaster aid for thousands more individuals and households than received aid after Hurricane Maria in 2017
By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Oceans

Rare Red Sea Brine Pool Holds Secrets of Past Natural Disasters

An ultradense pool of salty water at the bottom of the ocean holds a pristine record of hundreds of years of tsunamis, earthquakes and floods

By Stephanie Pappas
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