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September 16, 2022

Vaccines Your Questions about the New COVID Booster Shots, Answered New COVID booster vaccines built for the latest variants are here and should be more effective. But there are still some unknowns By Mariana Lenharo

Sociology A Massive LinkedIn Study Reveals Who Actually Helps You Get That Job Acquaintances, more than close friends, show the strength of "weak ties" when it comes to employment By Viviane Callier

Climate Change Climate Change Likely Worsened Pakistan's Devastating Floods A new analysis finds that extreme rainfall has intensified across Pakistan and could become even more severe as the planet heats up By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Anatomy Your Body Has a Clever Way to Detect How Much Water You Should Drink Every Day One brain region combines signals from your mouth, gut and blood By Claudia Wallis

Sociology What's the Science of Public Grief? Most of the people mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II were not close to her—research can shed light on the nature of their grief By Katharine Sanderson,Nature magazine

Climate Change How California Kept the Lights On during Monster Heat Wave A combination of rapid growth in battery storage and efforts to reduce power demand helped California avoid blackouts during an intense heat wave By Anna Blaustein

Particle Physics See the Facility That Tests whether Nuclear Weapons Work Gargantuan lasers induce a fusion reaction to test the U.S. nuclear stockpile By Adam Mann,Alastair Philip Wiper

Animals These Bats Buzz Like Bees to Save Their Own Lives New research has discovered the first case of acoustic mimicry between a mammal and an insect--an acquired skill that could just save their skins. By Karen Hopkin | 04:29

Climate Change Scientists Can Now Monitor Thinning Sea Ice Year-Round A new technique can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice even during the difficult summer months By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Paleontology The Oldest 3-D Heart from Our Vertebrate Ancestors Has Been Discovered Fish fossils from Western Australia preserve the oldest 3-D hearts, livers, stomachs and intestines in a jawed vertebrate By Stephanie Pappas

Archaeology Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic By Francine Russo

Animals Most Pets Can't Sweat: Here's What You Can Do for Them in a Heat Wave  Austrian veterinarian Michael Leschnik explains why high temperatures put a strain on pets. Pugs, bulldogs and Persian cats have a particularly tough time By Stella Marie Hombach

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