How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain

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November 10, 2021

Neurology How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain SARS-CoV-2 appears to travel widely across the cerebral cortex By Gary Stix

Extraterrestrial Life How Scientists Could Tell The World if They Find Alien Life Sparked by major advances in their field, astrobiologists are grappling with how to best discuss possible breakthrough discoveries with the public By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Politics The Anti–Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education The election of Glenn Youngkin and other anti-CRT candidates demonstrates how exploiting white fear continues to galvanize voters By Daniel Kriess,Alice Marwick,Francesca Bolla Tripodi

Climate Change Draft Text at Climate Talks Pushes Nations to Act Faster Negotiators have tentatively agreed to ask countries to ratchet up their emissions reduction efforts again next year By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Arts How an Award-Winning Illustrator Weaves Emotion into Science Award-winning science illustrator Fatinha Ramos creates intimate artwork that brings science stories to life By Nikk Ogasa

Astrophysics Astrophysicists Unveil Glut of Gravitational-wave Detections The latest bounty of 35 events features oddball black holes and a miniature neutron star By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

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

Cancer Engineered Bacteria Use Air Bubbles as Acoustically Detonated Tumor TNT Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside. By Sarah Vitak | 08:03

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

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

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

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FROM THE ARCHIVE What We Know So Far about How COVID Affects the Nervous System Neurological symptoms might arise from multiple causes. But does the virus even get into neurons? By Stephani Sutherland | October 2020

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