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Research Preview: Science Magazine – Sept. 6, 2024

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Science Magazine – September 5, 2024: The new issue features Memory Servews – Chickadees with better spatial memories have longer lives….

Indian knowledge

To distance its science education systems from centurieslong British colonialism, India is leaning into its history and traditions—but at what cost?

Learning from a climate disaster: The catastrophic floods in southern Brazil

The catastrophic floods that affected southern Brazil last May should serve as a warning to human societies that, despite the still widespread climate change skepticism or denial, mitigation and adaptation to cope with the ongoing climate crisis are urgently needed. The toll was 213 people killed or missing; 2.4 million people affected, including 600,000 displaced; and unprecedented losses in urban and rural infrastructure, including livestock.

Emotional contagion builds resilience

Mice that witness cage mates in distress withstand future negative emotions better

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Sept. 5, 2024

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Nature Magazine – September 4, 2024: The latest issue features ‘About Time’ – Ultra-precise nuclear clocks become a practical reality…

A familiar drug can repair a broken heart

An existing treatment for multiple sclerosis also prevents heart cell death and improves organ function, animal experiments show.

Bumblebees’ sense of smell can’t take the heat

Climate change could compromise the pollinators’ ability to detect flowers.

Natural acid makes super-sticky eco-friendly glue

Recyclable spray, patch and film adhesives work as well as existing petroleum-based products.

Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 30, 2024

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Science Magazine – August 29, 2024: The new issue features ‘Micronuclear Collapse’ – Mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species disrupt micronuclear envelopes…

Sinking seaweed

An ambitious strategy aims to cool the planet by dumping farmed seaweed on the sea floor. Will it work?

Hot days or heat waves: A split over how to count heat deaths

Focusing on temperature extremes can galvanize policy changes but risks undercounting

Ancient monument’s builders knew their science

Building a Spanish megalith required sophisticated physics, geometry, and geology

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 29, 2024

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Nature Magazine – August 28, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Space Omics’ – Biomedical atlas captures health effects of spaceflight…

Why record wildfires scorched Canada last year

Snows melted earlier than usual because of climate change, fuelling the unprecedented blazes.

These decoy ‘female’ fireflies lure males to their doom in a spider’s embrace

Certain spiders take advantage of the fact that a male firefly can flash even after being bitten and wrapped.

Gut microbes’ genomes are a trove of potential antibiotics

Newfound compound is as effective at treating infected skin wounds as is the antibiotic of last resort.

This unlucky star got mangled by a black hole — twice

Bursts of light hint that a star in a nearby galaxy was partially shredded in 2022 and 2024 and might be in for another round.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 22, 2024

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Nature Magazine – August 21, 2024: The latest issue featuresLonely Plants’ – Isolation in arid environments drives high levels of trait diversity…

The Amazon is relinquishing its carbon — for a surprising reason

Degradation of the Amazon’s tree canopy is the main culprit, although the complete clearance of portions of the forest contributes too.

Child with ultra-rare disease gets a treatment just for her

Therapy designed for one seems to have improved a young girl’s quality of life.

How to train your crocodile

Doctored toad carcasses teach crocs to avoid eating the toxin-producing cane toad.

SCIENCE & TECH: DISCOVER MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2024

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Discover Magazine (August 18, 2024): The latest issue features

The Problem with Parasites

Climate change is putting parasites — the unseen pests running our planet — in peril, but a small band of scientists is fighting to save them from extinction. By Kate Golembiewski

What Goes On Inside the Mind of a Dog?

Help researchers understand the underpinnings of dog personality and behavior with these Citizen Science projects.

Preview: MIT Technology Review – September 2024

MIT Technology Review (August 17, 2024): The 125th Anniversary issue features ‘Greetings from the Future’ – Personalized AI, Genetically-Engineered Immunity and Digital Immortaility. We’ll see it all in the next century.

Ideas & Research: Harvard Magazine September 2024

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HARVARD MAGAZINE (August 15, 2024): The latest Academic Freedom and Free Speech – Contendin means, and meanings…

Academic Freedom and Free Speech

Robert Post explains how they differ—and why it matters, especially now by Lincoln Caplan

Climate Change’s Crippling Costs

The impact on global GDP is likely six times greater than previously estimated. 

In Search of the Social Microbiome

The microbiome may be socially exchanged, modulating both health and metabolism.

The Goodness of Being Together

Why social interactions are as vital as food and water by Erin O’Donnell

Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 16, 2024

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Science Magazine – August 15, 2024: The new issue features ‘Transmission Event’ – Digital contact tracing for Covid-19; What kind of asteroid killed the dinosaurs; Access to safe drinking water is far from universal; Lessons from nonhuman primates on speech evolution…

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 15, 2024

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Nature Magazine – July 24, 2024: The latest issue features Mobile Stone – Scottish origin for Stonehenge’s altar hints at societal organization in Neolithic Britain…

Cobras and mambas and coral snakes, oh my! DNA shows their origins

A snake family that includes many venomous species arose in Asia, despite fossil evidence pointing to an African origin.

How expert skateboarders use physics on the half-pipe

Athletes can achieve greater speed with just the right ‘pumping’ motion, modelling shows.

Engineered brain parasite ferries useful proteins into neurons

Microbe found in cat poo could be harnessed to deliver large, complex proteins across the blood–brain barrier.