Is Your Office Safe from COVID? What to Know Now That Your Boss Wants You Back

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July 14, 2021

Public Health Is Your Office Safe from COVID? What to Know Now That Your Boss Wants You Back Workers are anxious because the coronavirus is still infecting people. Here are ways to evaluate the safety of a shared work space By Christie Aschwanden

Space New Space Radiation Limits Needed for NASA Astronauts, Report Says Although meant to minimize risks to human health, the proposed new limits would still be exceeded by any conceivable near-future crewed voyage to Mars By Ramin Skibba

Public Health We Must Protect Our Public Health Agencies from Political Interference Some states have passed laws that threaten to undermine these vital resources, and others may follow By Janice Phillips

Natural Disasters Cities 'Game' Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Neuroscience The Neuroscience of Taking Turns in a Conversation Research in birds suggests that when one partner speaks, the other partner's brain is inhibited from talking over them By Melissa J. Coleman,Eric Fortune

Public Health COVID Risks at the Tokyo Olympics Aren't Being Managed, Experts Say Current prevention measures may not be enough to prevent an outbreak By Maddie Bender

Policy & Ethics What You Know about Trump's Assault on Science Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg Help us reveal the rest By Dana Gold,Lauren Kurtz

Physics Star Trek's Warp Drive Leads to New Physics Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction staple—and bringing the idea a little closer to reality By Robert Gast,Spektrum

Climate E.U. Set to Unveil First-Ever Carbon Border Tax The proposed tax places a fee on planet warming emissions embedded in goods produced outside the union By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

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QUOTE OF THE DAY "There's a lot of hygiene theatre out there. Regular surface cleaning is good, but cleaning the air is much more important for reducing the risk of transmission of this virus." Linsey Marr, environmental engineer at Virginia Tech

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