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November 29, 2022

Geology Mauna Loa, Earth's Largest Active Volcano, Just Woke Up after 38 Years Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years. Its eruptions tend to be shorter-lived than those of the other Big Island volcanoes, and its lava is more liquid and flows faster By Stephanie Pappas

Animals 'Mind Control' Parasite Makes Wolves Effective Pack Leaders The parasite Toxoplasma gondii can change the behavior of infected wolves in ways that make them more likely to be pack leaders By Emma Marris,Nature magazine

Conservation China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica For the sixth year in a row, nations failed to agree on any new marine protected areas in the fragile Southern Ocean around Antarctica By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

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Mental Health Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help Diminished risk-taking behaviors and other benefits may explain why many people with bipolar disorder keep consuming cannabis despite some dire downsides By Gary Stix

Animals Dolphins Whistle Their Names with Complex, Expressive Patterns A new study quantifies how dolphins vary their "signature whistles" By Rebecca Dzombak

Animals What Makes Animals Cannibals? Cannibals start munching as animal populations grow By Fionna M. D. Samuels

Mental Health Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy--And Simple Ways to Fix It Research suggests platform designs make us lose track of time spent on them and can heighten conflicts, and then we feel upset with ourselves By Daisy Yuhas

Politics Young Climate Voters Could Tilt Georgia's Runoff Election for Senate Voters under age 30 turned out for Raphael Warnock in the first race, suggesting he should lean even harder into climate policy By Scott Waldman,E&E News

Psychology People Shopping for 'Meaning' Buy Cheaper Goods People who prioritize "meaning" when they shop may unwittingly convince themselves to buy cheaper goods, services and experiences By Nicole Mead

Engineering Outdoor Air-Conditioning Cools the World Cup. But Is It Sustainable? In an ever warming world, the health benefits of stadium air-conditioning may not outweigh the climate risks By Daniel Leonard

Aerospace Space Elevators Are Less Sci-Fi Than You Think I've been working on space elevators for almost 20 years, and though we still have issues to solve, we are getting closer to making them reality By Stephen Cohen

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