COVID Vaccines Show No Signs of Harming Fertility or Sexual Function

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August 27, 2021

Vaccines COVID Vaccines Show No Signs of Harming Fertility or Sexual Function The novel coronavirus, in contrast, can disrupt both things in unvaccinated men and women By Emily Willingham

Black Holes Singularities Can Exist Outside Black Holes--in Other Universes Recent work has shown how "naked singularities" might defy the cosmic censorship conjecture By Brendan Z. Foster

Inequality Too Many Scientists Still Say Caucasian Racist ideas of categories for human identity continue to warp research and medicine By Alice B. Popejoy,Nature magazine

Public Health Unraveling the Mystery of Why Children Are Better Protected from COVID Than Adults Their immune system is more primed to fight off the novel coronavirus By Lars Fischer

Neurology Alzheimer's, Inc.: When a Hypothesis Becomes Too Big to Fail This summer's controversy surrounding the FDA's shocking approval of the drug aducanumab provides a window into a scientific field in crisis By Daniel R. George,Peter J. Whitehouse

Ethics The FDA Should Remove Its Restrictions on the 'Abortion Pill' Mifepristone The science is clear: abortion by medication is safe and effective By Kelly Cleland

Electronics Flexible Microprocessor Could Enable an 'Internet of Everything' Researchers have developed a microprocessor built on high-performance plastic rather than silicon—and they say it could enable smarter food labels and supply chain management. By Christopher Intagliata | 04:16

Inequality Policies Mandated by Multilateral Institutions Are Contributing to India's COVID Catastrophe The World Bank's and the International Monetary Fund's pressure to privatize India's health care system deepened inequities in access—to lethal effect By Puja Changoiwala

Climate Change Carbon Dividends: A Win-Win for People and for the Climate Putting a price on emissions and sending the proceeds to the public is a sound environmental and economic strategy By James K. Boyce

Policy Is This Food Really Healthy? New Packaging Labels Would Tell You A simple traffic light symbol or a set of stars on the fronts of food products would advise consumers By Tess Joosse

Space Exploration Why Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin Is So Reviled Economic inequality, an indulgent trip to space and an ongoing legal battle with NASA are putting the space company in the hot seat By Chelsea Gohd,SPACE.com

Basic Chemistry The Science inside Your Ice Cream A new video series from Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft gives you a serving of science. By Spektrum,Scientific American Staff

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Mind, Volume 32, Issue 5

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