Moral Injury Is an Invisible Epidemic That Affects Millions

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November 21, 2022

Psychology Moral Injury Is an Invisible Epidemic That Affects Millions A specific kind of trauma results when a person's core principles are violated during wartime or a pandemic By Elizabeth Svoboda

Climate Change COP27 Summit Yields 'Historic Win' for Climate Reparations but Falls Short on Emissions Reductions At the COP27 climate summit, surprise final statement text that could provide cover to natural gas use deflated the sense of triumph after the U.S. and E.U. agreed for the first time to create a fund to pay for some countries' climate losses By Zack Colman,Karl Mathiesen,E&E News

Culture Twitter Is Not Rocket Science--It's Harder Elon Musk wants to run Twitter like SpaceX. But human behavior will make it much more difficult By Joe Bak-Coleman

Biotech Tiny 'Rover' Explores Cells without Harming Them A miniature antenna can transmit data from inside cells without using damaging microwaves By Andrew Chapman

Weather Why a Warming Climate Can Bring Bigger Snowstorms It may sound counterintuitive, but a warming climate can actually lead to bigger snowstorms By Michael A. Rawlins,The Conversation US

Public Health Why Life Expectancy Keeps Dropping in the U.S. as Other Countries Bounce Back COVID cut average life spans short in many high-income countries, but the U.S. decline has been steeper and longer than most By Tanya Lewis

Sports Men's World Cup Soccer Ball, the Al Rihla, Has the Aerodynamics of a Champion The Al Rihla may fly more quickly through the air than previous World Cup balls By John Eric Goff,The Conversation US

Astronomy NASA Really, Really Won't Rename JWST Despite Community Pushback Investigation by agency historian finds no evidence explicitly linking former director James Webb with anti-LGBT+ actions By Alexandra Witze,Nature magazine

Microbiology How Viruses Hop from Wild Animals to Humans A virologist explains what it takes for a virus to leap from an animal host into humans By Simon Makin

Health Care 3 Steps to Detect and Stop Disease Outbreaks before They Become Pandemics To detect and stop disease outbreaks similar to COVID, health professionals must test for pathogens, share data widely and be prepared with a response By Kristina Campbell

Arts Poem: 'Mosses' Science in meter and verse By Jane Hirshfield

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