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09/05/2021 How personalized brain organoids could help us demystify disorders Miniature brainlike structures grown from the cells of people with Rett syndrome had abnormal activity, showing potential for studying how human brains go awry. Read More Fires may have affected up to 85 percent of threatened Amazon species Since 2001, fires have impacted up to about 190,000 square kilometers of the Amazon. That area is roughly the size of Washington state. Read More Stone Age humans or their relatives occasionally trekked through a green Arabia Hominids periodically inhabited ancient Arabia starting around 400,000 years ago when lakes temporarily formed as a result of monsoons, a study finds. Read More Some wasps’ nests glow green under ultraviolet light Some Asian paper wasps’ nests fluoresce so brilliantly that the glow is visible from up to 20 meters away. Read More These charts show that COVID-19 vaccines are doing their job COVID-19 shots may not always prevent infections, but for now, they are keeping the vast majority of vaccinated people out of the hospital. Read More Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. You can help by subscribing for as little as $25. SUBSCRIBE NOW New ‘vortex beams’ of atoms and molecules are the first of their kind Twisted beams of atoms and molecules join other types of corkscrew beams made of light or electrons. Read More Astronomers may have seen a star gulp down a black hole and explode It took sleuthing through data collected by a variety of observatories to piece together the first firm evidence of a theorized cosmic phenomenon. Read More Perspective-changing experiences, good or bad, can lead to richer lives Happiness or meaning have long been seen as keys to the “good life.” Psychologists have now defined a third good life for people leading rich psychological lives. Read More Streetlights, especially super bright LEDs, may harm insect populations Greenery under streetlights housed half as many caterpillars as darker areas did, researchers found. Read More How radio astronomy put new eyes on the cosmos A century ago, radio astronomy didn’t exist. But since the 1930s, it has uncovered cosmic secrets from planets next door to the faint glow of the universe’s beginnings. Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US