Indigenous Tribes in U.S. Will Get $75 Million for Climate Relocation

December 02, 2022

Indigenous Tribes in U.S. Will Get $75 Million for Climate Relocation

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December 02, 2022

Climate Change

Indigenous Tribes in U.S. Will Get $75 Million for Climate Relocation

Grants to Indigenous tribes in the U.S. totaling $75 million are the first from a new voluntary relocation program aimed at climate risks

By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Pharmaceuticals

Heralded Alzheimer's Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom

Eisai and Biogen share clinical trial data confirming that lecanemab slows mental decline amid reports of potentially related deaths

By McKenzie Prillaman,Nature magazine

Animals

Ants Can Produce Milk for Their Young (and Old)

A nutritious fluid secreted by pupating ants helps to feed the rest of the colony and could play a part in the evolution of social structures

By Miryam Naddaf,Nature magazine

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Evolution

Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth's Scaly Origins

Weird new evidence on tooth evolution tips the scales even more toward scales

By Daniel Leonard

Climate Change

U.S. Embassies Face Growing Risk from Climate Change, Government Watchdog Says

A total of 32 U.S. embassies, including some of the most strategic, ranked in the highest category for climate disaster risk, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office

By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Geology

Why Mauna Loa and Other Hawaiian Volcanoes Are Different from Most

The magma that is fueling the first eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano in nearly 40 years is less likely to cause explosive effusions than magma at other volcanoes

By Gabi Laske,The Conversation US

Neurology

Fatherhood Changes Men's Brain, according to Before-and-After MRI Scans

The brain of a new father goes through transitions analogous to the neural changes experienced by a pregnant woman

By Darby Saxbe,Magdalena Martínez García,The Conversation US

Anatomy

One in 10 Who Menstruate Suffer from Endometriosis. Why Do We Know So Little about It?

Compared with other diseases with similar economic burdens, research on endometriosis is severely underfunded, in large part because we don't talk about periods.