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October 29, 2021

Vaccines How COVID Vaccines for Young Kids Could Change the Pandemic As U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers recommend authorizing shots for children aged five to 11, researchers predict what this might mean for populations By Max Kozlov,Nature magazine

Climate Change Four Key Issues to Watch at the Upcoming Climate Summit World leaders will soon be arriving in Glasgow to hammer out details on limiting the worst impacts of climate change By Rachel Kyte,The Conversation US

Climate Change Oil Companies Will Be Subpoenaed After Historic Congressional Hearing A House committee has been investigating the role fossil fuel companies have played in disseminating climate misinformation By Nick Sobczyk,E&E News

Robotics Firefighting Robots Go Autonomous Both independent and remote-controlled machines can save lives By Jane Braxton Little

Biochemistry How We Detect Caramel Candy Scent Pinpointing the receptor responsible for the tasty treat's aroma underscores the importance of smell By Annie Melchor

Climate Change Climate Change Drives Escalating Drought The past two decades have seen some of the most extreme dry periods in U.S. history By Clara Moskowitz,Cédric Scherer,Georgios Karamanis

Paleontology Fossilized Poop Shows How Ancient Dogs Adapted to People Microbe DNA trapped in 3,500-year-old fossils shows canine adaptation to agricultural diets By Tess Joosse

Reproduction Hundreds of Scientists Weigh In on a High-Stakes U.S. Abortion Case Studies suggest that a reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision would be detrimental for many By Amy Maxmen,Nature magazine

Animals For Some Parents, Hiding a Dead Body Shows How Much You Care Over millions of years of evolution, some beetles have learned to dampen the stench of decay to help their young thrive. By Emily Schwing | 06:44

Climate Change Will America Act to Address the Climate Crisis? The eyes of the world will be on the U.S. at the Glasgow climate summit By Sweta Chakraborty

Artificial Intelligence AI Generates Hypotheses Human Scientists Have Not Thought Of Machine-learning algorithms can guide humans toward new experiments and theories By Robin Blades

Planetary Science Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Surprisingly Deep NASA's Juno spacecraft peered underneath the gas giant's dense clouds to determine the structure of its iconic spinning storm By Katrina Miller

Climate Change The Infrastructure Bill Is Desperately Needed, Engineers Say One of the experts who grades U.S. utilities every four years explains what needs to be fixed By Sophie Bushwick

Dark Energy Could Gravity's Quantum Origins Explain Dark Energy? A potentially transformative theoretical study links a new model of quantum gravity with the universe's bizarrely accelerating rate of expansion By Conor Purcell

Water Muddier Rivers Are Jeopardizing Dams and Water Quality for Millions Climate change is flushing more sediment into the rivers that pour out of Asia's high mountains By Nikk Ogasa

Climate Change IPCC, You've Made Your Point: Humans Are a Primary Cause of Climate Change It's time to redirect your major focus to how we deal with the problem By Naomi Oreskes

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