The Brain Has a Special Kind of Memory for Past Infections

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November 08, 2021

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

Fossil Fuels Why the U.S. Didn't Join 40 Other Countries in Pledge to End Coal Economics is already playing a large role in curtailing American coal power By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Planetary Science Can Digital Replica of Earth Save the World from Climate Disaster? A new virtual model of our planet could help resolve lingering climatic uncertainties By Tereza Pultarova,SPACE.com

Materials Science Seashells Inspire New Superstrong Glass Composite The novel material mimics the layered structure of nacre By Sophie Bushwick

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

Climate Change COP26 Climate Pledges: What Scientists Think so Far Nations have promised to end deforestation, curb methane emissions and stop public investment in coal power. Researchers warn that the real work of COP26 is yet to come By Ehsan Masood,Jeff Tollefson,Nature magazine

Artificial Intelligence Why We Forgive Humans More Readily Than Machines When things go wrong, flexible moral intuitions cause us to judge computers more severely By César A. Hidalgo

Climate Change Not There Yet: Greater Cuts Are Still Needed at COP26 Climate Negotiations The math shows that warming will exceed dangerous thresholds unless countries promise to further tighten emissions By Taryn Fransen

Climate Change Coastal Darkening Could Block Kelp's Carbon Sink Potential Sediment and algal blooms are blocking sunlight, reducing kelp productivity By Doug Johnson,Hakai Magazine

Policy In Case You Missed It Top news from around the world By Tess Joosse

FROM THE STORE Existence and Other Questions: Selected Works of John Horgan Does free will exist? Is the Schrödinger Equation True? How does matter make a mind? In his Scientific American column, John Horgan takes a scientific approach to exploring mysteries such as these, and in this eBook, we collect some of his most thought-provoking work on consciousness, quantum mechanics, the science of psychedelic drugs and more.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Seventh Sense Long thought to be divorced from the brain, the immune system turns out to be intimately involved in its functioning By Jonathan Kipnis | August 2018

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