Dispatch from the Glasgow Climate Summit as Talks Intensify

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November 09, 2021

Climate Change Dispatch from the Glasgow Climate Summit as Talks Intensify A former U.N. official on the ground breaks down where negotiations are at in the second week of talks By Rachel Kyte,The Conversation US

Vaccines How Immunocompromised People Without Strong Vaccine Protection Are Coping with COVID People with diseases or treatments that suppress their immune system cannot count on the same protection most vaccinated people have By Tanya Lewis

Culture Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery The Black naturalist's research in the 1700s was respected but not accepted, just like his petition to Thomas Jefferson to end oppression By Janet Barber,Ask Nature

Inequality Indigenous Children Are Still Dying in Boarding Schools In India, as in other countries around the world, abuse accompanies eviction from ancestral lands By Gladson Dungdung,Malvika Gupta,Felix Padel

Evolution Sponge Cells Hint at Origins of Nervous System Synapse genes help cells to communicate in sponge's digestive chambers By Max Kozlov,Nature magazine

Space Exploration At Long Last, the James Webb Space Telescope Is Ready for Launch The long-delayed successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is set to take flight in December By Clara Moskowitz,Chris Gunn

Climate Change Climate Talks Turn to Contentious Issue of Paying for Damage Already Done Climate-vulnerable countries are pushing for compensation for lives and livelihoods affected by warming By Sara Schonhardt,Jean Chemnick,E&E News

Basic Chemistry What's Brewing in a Beer Is Startling Complexity High-powered chemistry lets researchers trace a beer back to its ingredients By Maddie Bender

Neuroscience The Brain Has a Special Kind of Memory for Past Infections This form of recall may control immune responses beyond the central nervous system By Raleigh McElvery

History Listen to This New Podcast: "Lost Women of Science" A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung women scientists from oblivion.  By Katie Hafner,The Lost Women of Science Initiative | 04:48

FROM THE STORE The Science of Birds Birds are fascinating creatures. They descend from dinosaurs, soar the skies and display cognitive abilities once thought to be reserved for humans. It's easy to understand why so many people are passionate birders. The more you learn about birds, the more captivating they are, and in this eBook, we examine what we know about bird evolution, intelligence, communication, migration and behavior.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Act on Climate Emergency Now to Prevent Millions of Deaths, Study Shows The human toll of carbon emissions will vastly magnify climate change's economic costs By Andrea Thompson | July 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "After 30 years of negotiations, these talks haven't yet delivered meaningful support, particularly to the climate-vulnerable communities and countries, to be able to deal with the impacts that are already happening." Mohamed Adow, director of the energy and climate change think tank Power Shift Africa

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