How Abortion Misinformation and Disinformation Spread Online

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June 24, 2022

Reproduction How Abortion Misinformation and Disinformation Spread Online With reproductive rights being dismantled, social media companies need to stop propagating lies By Jenna Sherman

Natural Disasters Why Was Afghanistan's Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake So Devastating? Famed seismologist Lucy Jones explains how building methods and quake dynamics interact—and what to do about the problem By Sasha Warren

Climate Change Deadly Heat Wave's Lesson: 'This Is the Future We All Face' After last year's heat crisis, Pacific Northwest emergency managers, doctors and even transit systems are using lessons learned to prepare for this summer By Ariel Wittenberg,E&E News

Reproduction Primary Care Providers Can Help Safeguard Abortion As abortion access becomes more limited in the U.S., primary care providers can and should provide these services to people who need them By Diana Carvajal,Casandra Cashman,Ian Lague

Animals How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species. By Ashleigh Papp | 04:23

Particle Physics How the Higgs Boson Ruined Peter Higgs's Life A new biography of the physicist and the particle he predicted reveals his disdain for the spotlight By Clara Moskowitz

Food Spray-On, Rinse-Off Food 'Wrapper' Can Cut Plastic Packaging The coating deters microorganisms to fight both food waste and foodborne illness By Sam Jones

Behavior People May Pick Friends Who Smell Like Them Similar body odors might determine if two strangers will "click." By Sasha Warren

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 Latin American Abortion Laws Hurt Health Care and the Economy--a Lesson for a Post-Roe U.S. A region with some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws has started to tentatively move in the opposite direction By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | January 2022

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