Webb Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide on a Distant Exoplanet

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August 30, 2022

Planetary Science Webb Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide on a Distant Exoplanet The result offers a sneak peek at the observatory's transformative potential for studying worlds beyond the solar system By Shannon Hall,Nature magazine

Public Health A Community-led Response Can Help Stem Racial Disparities in COVID Pittsburgh's Black residents are at high risk of contracting COVID. A Black-led coalition is trying to reduce it By Jamil Bey,Tiffany L. Gary-Webb,Fred Brown,Noble Maseru

Public Health Back to School Special: Kids, Tests, and Long COVID Reassurance This is our back-to-school special episode. We'll talk about why COVID testing is about to become a school problem — and about whether or not kids have risk for long Covid. By Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Tulika Bose | 07:51

Public Health A Cure for Vaccine Hesitancy Could Start in Kindergarten Teaching simple basics in school about masks, handwashing and ethics can stave off misconceptions in adulthood By Gary Stix

Climate Change 'Weather Whiplash' Withers, Then Drowns Areas Worldwide Climate change may be fueling back-to-back droughts and floods By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Public Health How to Improve Indoor Air Quality Why do we pay attention to the quality of our drinking water, but not to our indoor air? Scientific American's Senior Health Editor, Tanya Lewis, explains how and why this matters. By Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose

Space Exploration Rocket Woes Delay Launch of NASA's Artemis I Mission A problem with one of the Space Launch System's main engines has postponed the test flight until at least September 2 By Tariq Malik,SPACE.com

Computing Making Computer Chips Act More like Brain Cells Flexible organic circuits that mimic biological neurons could increase processing speed and might someday hook right into your head By Kurt Kleiner,Knowable Magazine

Oceans Hope for New Drugs Arises from the Sea Compounds that marine creatures make to defend themselves could yield lifesaving medicines By Stephanie Stone

FROM THE STORE Technology vs. Truth: Deception in the Digital Age In the digital age, information, both true and false, spreads faster than ever. The same technology that provides access to data across the globe can abet the warping of truth and normalization of lies. In this eBook, we examine the intersection of truth, untruth and technology, including how social media manipulates behavior, technologies such as deepfakes that spread misinformation, the bias inherent in algorithms and more.

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