Russian Capture of Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Threatens Future Research

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March 03, 2022

Ecology Russian Capture of Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Threatens Future Research Longstanding studies on the effects of radiation exposure to ecosystems have been thrown into uncertainty By Carmel Mothersill,The Conversation US

Culture Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was DNA: They Found Parallels between Life and Art Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved By Karen Hopkin | 09:51

Cosmology New Result Casts Doubt on 'Cosmic Dawn' Claim Fresh data suggests instrumental errors may have mimicked a purported signal from the universe's first stars By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Epidemiology Wastewater Monitoring Offers Powerful Tool for Tracking COVID and Other Diseases A CDC database of sewage data from communities around the nation could provide earlier warning of outbreaks and new viral variants By Sara Reardon

Politics Global Science Community Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine Rebuke against Russian science grows as the deadly conflict continues By Nisha Gaind,Holly Else,Nature magazine

Pollution Countries Pave the Way to End Plastic Pollution The U.N. passed a resolution yesterday to develop a global treaty to control plastic waste By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Ethics The Manhattan Project Shows Scientists' Moral and Ethical Responsibilities As more of physics research is funded by the military, it is important to learn the full history of our past By George Iskander

Policy Abortion Pills Are Very Safe and Effective, yet Government Rules Still Hinder Access If the U.S. Supreme Court fails to uphold abortion rights this spring, more restrictions are likely By Claudia Wallis

Psychology What to Tell Kids about Ukraine: Recommendations from a Psychologist Children are worried by Russia's attack and need explanations about what is going on, a family counselor says By Stella Marie Hombach

Medicine Messenger RNA Therapies Are Finally Fulfilling Their Promise Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer By Drew Weissman

Mathematics Mathematicians Protest Russia Hosting Major Conference For years, concerned researchers have been calling for a boycott of the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians By Rachel Crowell

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Chernobyl 'Exclusion Zone' Radiation Doses Reanalyzed Evidence builds that animals are scarcer in more heavily contaminated areas By Rachel Nuwer | December 2020

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