Some COVID Patients Need Amputations to Survive

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January 12, 2022

Medicine Some COVID Patients Need Amputations to Survive Impaired blood flow leads to loss of limbs By Carolyn Barber

Public Health New Sensor Tells You How Well Your Mask Is Working FaceBit tracks a face covering’s fit and wear time, as well as its wearer’s vital signs By Sophie Bushwick

Planetary Science NASA's Perseverance Rover Chokes on Mars Pebbles While Collecting a Rock Sample The rover’s latest sample collection—an effort to gather material for eventual return to Earth—is off to a rocky start By Mike Wall,SPACE.com

Public Health Hungry Hyenas Can Help Human Health Hyenas scavenging near cities might lessen human and livestock diseases By Bethany Brookshire

Oceans Oceans Break Heat Record for Third Year in a Row 2021 broke the record from 2020 by about 14 zettajoules, or 20 times the world’s annual energy consumption By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Anthropology Richard Leakey's Legacy in Science, Conservation and Politics The famed paleoanthropologist explored humankind’s origins and worked to safeguard a future for humans and wildlife alike in Kenya and beyond By Virginia Morell

Health Care Surgeons Transplant Pig's Heart into Dying Human Patient in a First It was a last-ditch effort to save a Maryland man’s life By Tom Metcalfe,LiveScience

Mathematics New Math Research Group Reflects a Schism in the Field Critics accuse the organization of opposing efforts to stamp out inequity By Rachel Crowell

Health Care Nurses Struggle through a New COVID Wave with Rage and Compassion A critical care nurse confronts the Omicron surge filling her hospital By Kathryn Ivey

Climate Change Fires Doubled Australia's Carbon Emissions--Ecosystems May Never Soak It Back Up Increasing odds of hot, dry weather make it less likely trees and other plants will quickly grow back By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Psychology New Year's Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science Can Help You Keep Them You can change your behavior in lasting ways by changing how you frame your situation, explains behavioral scientist Ayelet Fishbach in her new book By Katy Milkman

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QUOTE OF THE DAY "This whole process has brought me to thinking that it's important to get vaccinated so you don't lose your limbs and you don't lose your life. I have lost three of my limbs and half of my foot. It's scary, and I'm only 30." Candice Davis, flight attendant and nursing student

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