The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives

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May 26, 2022

Culture The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo By The Editors

Pollution New, Stronger Rules for Truck Pollution Still Would Not Meet Air Quality Goals Heavy-duty trucks are the largest mobile source of a key precursor to dangerous ozone and particulate matter By Arianna Skibell,E&E News

Weather As 2022 Hurricane Season Looms, A Current that Fuels Monster Storms Is Very Warm The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has fueled major storms such as Hurricane Katrina By Nick Shay,The Conversation US

Ethics Scientists Must Consider the Risk of Racist Misappropriation of Research The Buffalo massacre shooter contorted genetic studies to support his hateful views By Robbee Wedow,Daphne O. Martschenko,Sam Trejo

Medicine Antifatness in the Surgical Setting Weight bias compounds health problems, and surgeons need to recognize and stop it By Ashley Andreou

Plants Pollen Grains Carry Hundreds of Plant Viruses "Sexually transmitted" plant viruses may be on the rise because of agricultural activity By Saima May Sidik

Astronomy Our Sun Could Someday Reveal the Surfaces of Alien Earths In the far future, we could reveal detailed views of distant worlds by turning our home star into a gravitational lens By Allison Gasparini

Public Health New Antiobesity Drugs Help People Shed Dozens of Pounds, but They Must Be Taken for a Lifetime Injectable weight-loss medicines reduce appetite but raise questions of long-term safety and affordability By Claudia Wallis

FROM THE STORE Truth vs Lies How do we navigate the post-truth era, when there is no longer an expectation that politicians or pundits will be honest? In this eBook, we break down the science of deception so that we can protect ourselves against it. We look at human perception and how those perceptions are influenced using technology as well as provide interventions for combating bias and antiscience thinking. *Editor's Note: This Collector's Edition was published as Truth vs Lies. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on tablet devices.

FROM THE ARCHIVE The U.S. Congress Has Started to Revive Gun Violence Research--and Must Follow Through A new bill promises millions of dollars for lifesaving studies, and scientists should use it wisely By THE EDITORS | August 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY "We need to become the kind of country that says the lives of children are more valuable than the right to weapons that have killed them, time and again." The Editors of Scientific American

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