What We Know about Mass School Shootings--and Shooters--in the U.S.

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May 25, 2022

Public Health What We Know about Mass School Shootings--and Shooters--in the U.S. Criminologists explain what the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., and other deadly assaults have in common By James Densley,Jillian Peterson,The Conversation US

Epidemiology Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes Firearms now exceed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury-related death for people ages one to 24, a new analysis shows By Tanya Lewis

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

Weather Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind With what will be one of the world's most advanced hurricane simulators, researchers will be able to reproduce wind, rain and storm surge By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Policy Four Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings Pro-gun advocates claim new laws will not make us safer. But here is evidence the right laws will do exactly that By Melinda Wenner Moyer

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

Climate Change Deadly Heat in India and Pakistan 'Highly Unlikely' without Climate Change A weeks-long heat wave in India and Pakistan was 30 times more likely because of human-caused warming By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Genetics Science Must Not Be Used to Foster White Supremacy It's scientists' responsibility to reveal the inherent biases of studies used to disparage Black people and other groups By Janet D. Stemwedel

Epidemiology What We Know about the Rise in Monkeypox Cases Worldwide It is unclear how some people recently diagnosed with the disease became infected with the monkeypox virus or how it is likely to spread By Lars Fischer,Tanya Lewis

Policy Where Gun Stores Open, Gun Homicides Increase More oversight of dealers and investment in impoverished communities are key to reducing violence, experts say By Jim Daley

Public Health 'When Will Kids under Five Get COVID Vaccines?' and Other Questions Experts address when the youngest children could be eligible for the shots, why that has taken so long, and more By Charles Schmidt

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 More Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows More firearms do not keep people safe, hard numbers show. Why do so many Americans believe the opposite? By Melinda Wenner Moyer | October 2017

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