Meteorite Crashes into Woman's Bed in Canada

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October 15, 2021

Planetary Science Meteorite Crashes into Woman's Bed in Canada The woman awoke to find the space rock laying next to her head By Mindy Weisberger,LiveScience

Vaccines Who Needs a COVID Booster Shot? Experts Answer Common Questions Now that the FDA has authorized the shots for a broad range of Americans, many people want to know if they need a booster dose. Here's what we have learned so far By Tanya Lewis

Renewable Energy How to Build an Offshore Wind Farm These huge construction projects can feature turbines taller than some skyscrapers By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Arts Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence Nearly 200 years after his death, the German composer's musical scratch was pieced together by machine—with a lot of human help. By Teresa Carey | 07:15

Cognition People Who Jump to Conclusions Show Other Kinds of Thinking Errors Belief in conspiracy theories and overconfidence are two tendencies linked to hasty thinking By Carmen Sanchez,David Dunning

Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Offers New Ways to Fight an Endless Pandemic A wave of funding focuses on antiviral nanomaterials as COVID countermeasures By Mark Peplow,Nature Biotechnology

Cosmology Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory? Developing quantum-gravity technologies may elevate us to a "class A" civilization, capable of creating a baby universe By Avi Loeb

Climate Change Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities Population growth, climate change and the urban heat island effect are combining to put more people at risk By Andrea Thompson

Climate Change America's Next Great Migrations Are Driven by Climate Change Too many people are moving to the wrong places By Parag Khanna,Susan Joy Hassol

Neurology Large Trial Finds Oxytocin Nasal Spray Is Ineffective for Autism The hormone is unlikely to increase sociability in most autistic children, according to a new study By Angie Voyles Askham,Spectrum

Microbiology Gut Bacteria Change as You Get Older--and May Accelerate Aging Microbe types in older people's intestines are different and are linked to disease By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Mathematics Gnarly, Centuries-Old Mathematical Quandaries Get New Solutions A set of puzzles called Diophantine problems are often simple to state but hard to solve—though progress could have big implications for the future of mathematics By Rachel Crowell

Creativity Remote Work Can Be Better for Innovation Than In-Person Meetings Seven steps for more inclusive and productive virtual brainstorming By Gleb Tsipursky

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Health & Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 5

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Did a Meteor from Another Star Strike Earth in 2014? Questionable data cloud the potential discovery of the first known interstellar fireball By Lee Billings | April 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY "You're sound asleep, safe, you think, in your bed, and you can get taken out by a meteorite, apparently." Ruth Hamilton, resident of Golden, British Columbia

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