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September 29, 2021

Pharmaceuticals

Fringe Doctors' Groups Promote Ivermectin for COVID despite a Lack of Evidence

The organizations touting unproved protocols for the antiparasitic drug may be harming vaccination efforts

By Christina Szalinski

Public Health

Suicide Rates Rise in a Generation of Black Youth

Multiple causes underlie a disturbing trend. The increase for girls is more than double that for boys

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Artificial Intelligence

What Is Machine Learning? Here's a Short Video Primer

Deep learning, neural networks, imitation games—what does any of this have to do with teaching computers to "learn"?

By Michael Tabb,Jeffery DelViscio,Andrea Gawrylewski

Climate Change

Pandemic Could Stymie Effort to Cut Health Care Emissions

The strain from covid will mean fewers resources and attention to reducing carbon footprints

By Ariel Wittenberg,E&E News

Computing

An Unsung Female Pioneer of Computer Simulation

A mid-20th-century computer experiment created a new field of science—and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel is finally being given credit for her role in making it happen

By Virginia Grant

Politics

We Must Fight Restrictions on Voting Rights

National Voter Registration Day reminds us of the urgent need to protect electoral integrity

By Michael Latner,Jean Schroedel

Space Exploration

Mars on the Cheap: Scientists Are Working to Revolutionize Access to the Red Planet

The concepts include souped-up Mars helicopters and inexpensive orbiters and landers

By Leonard David,SPACE.com

Climate Change

'Historical' Western Drought Is Likely to Persist

The severe dry conditions have left critical reservoirs depleted and helped fuel intense wildfires

By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Epidemiology

Closest Known Relatives of Virus Behind COVID-19 Found in Laos

Studies of bats in China and Laos show southeast Asia is a hotspot for potentially dangerous viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2

By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

Conservation

Massively Reducing Food Waste Could Feed the World

It would also greatly cut greenhouse gas emissions

By Chad Frischmann,Mamta Mehra

Climate Change

Earth Could Be Alien to Humans by 2500

Unless greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly, warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, Iowa tropical and India too hot to live in

By Christopher Lyon,Alex Dunhill,Andrew P. Beckerman,Ariane Burke,Bethany Allen,Chris Smith,Daniel J. Hill,Erin Saupe,James McKay,Julien Riel-Salvatore,Lindsay C. Stringer,Rob Marchant,Tracy Aze,The Conversation US

Climate Change

How Climate Change Helped Fires Cross the Sierra Nevada for the First Time

High, rocky peaks are no longer an insurmountable hurdle for ever fiercer flames fueled by heat and drought

By Andrea Thompson

Climate Change

To Teach Students about Climate Change, 'Just the Facts' Isn't Enough

We also need to talk about emotions and discuss pathways to action

By Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
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FROM THE ARCHIVE

COVID Has Created a Perfect Storm for Fringe Science

It's always been with us, but in a time of pandemic, its practitioners have an amplified capacity to unleash serious harm

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The FDA, the CDC, major media & others hope you'll believe them when they tell you that [ivermectin] was meant only for animals, & that it's dangerous to use for [COVID]."

Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance

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