People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties

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July 18, 2022

Public Health People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties A growing mortality gap between Republican and Democrat areas may largely stem from policy choices By Lydia Denworth

Climate Change Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance Events with extreme temperatures and humidity are occurring twice as often now as they were 40 years ago By Andrea Thompson

Climate Change With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future Heat in France, Spain, Italy and the U.K. is exacerbating drought and wildfires and threatening human health By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Health Care To Life: Abortion Access Allowed Us to Have a Happy, Healthy Family Canceling Roe means that other parents with high-risk pregnancies will not have the options that we had By Gary Stix,Miriam Lacob Stix

Conservation Meet the Giant Sequoia, the 'Super Tree' Built to Withstand Fire Mammoth redwood trees have evolved along with fire, but humans are disrupting that delicate balance By Andrea Thompson

Vaccines 5 Things to Know about Monkeypox From symptoms, vaccines and treatment, here are some fast facts about Monkeypox By Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose,Michael Tabb

Climate Change It's Getting Harder for Forests to Recover from Disasters As the world warms, forests are becoming less resilient in the face of fires, droughts and other disruptive events By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Astronomy How Taking Pictures of 'Nothing' Changed Astronomy Deep-field images of "empty" regions of the sky from Webb and other space telescopes are revealing more of the universe than we ever thought possible By Fabio Pacucci

Robotics People Come to Grips with Having an Extra Pair of Arms--in VR New experiments show simulated robotic limbs can feel like a part of our own body with a little practice By Sasha Warren

FROM THE STORE The Age of Humans Humans have accomplished a great deal in our relatively short history - and have left our mark on Earth in the process. In this eBook, we examine the story of us: how we got here, the world we've built and how we'll need to continue to adapt if we are to manage our impact on the planet and build a better future. *Editor's Note: This Collector's Edition was published as The Age of Humans. 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 Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To GOP officials have been denigrating the government, including government scientists, for decades By Naomi Oreskes | June 2021

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