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November 11, 2022

Epidemiology RSV Is Surging: What We Know about This Common and Surprisingly Dangerous Virus Your questions answered about what RSV is, how it spreads, what vaccines are on the way and who is most at risk By Tara Haelle

Planetary Science NASA Asteroid Threat Practice Drill Shows We're Not Ready A trial of how government, NASA and local officials would deal with a space rock headed toward Earth revealed gaps in the plans By Matt Brady

Archaeology King Tut Mysteries Endure 100 Years After Discovery A century after archaeologist Howard Carter's momentous discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, questions and controversy still swirl around Egypt's most famous king By Zach Zorich

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Politics How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence Pundits are weaponizing disgust to fuel violence, and it's affecting our humanity By Bryn Nelson

Astronomy Satellite Constellations Are an Existential Threat for Astronomy Growing swarms of spacecraft in orbit are outshining the stars, and scientists fear no one will do anything to stop it By Rebecca Boyle

Mathematics Ramsey Theory Extracts Order from Chaos when Sorting through Confusing Arrangements of Numbers Mathematician Frank Ramsey showed how to discover coherent patterns among a multitude of number groupings By Manon Bischoff

Culture Every Story Is a Science Story Science applies to every important social issue. Saying so doesn't make us "unscientific" By The Editors

Climate Change World Edges Closer to Meeting Climate Targets but Not Fast Enough As the COP27 climate summit begins, emissions reduction pledges are still far behind where they need to be to meet the goals to limit global warming By Andrea Thompson

Climate Change These Election Results Offer Clues about What's Next for Climate Politics Seven races help illustrate how the landscape for climate action may change in Congress and in several states By Adam Aton,Scott Waldman,E&E News

Reproduction Abortion Rights Won Big at the Ballot Box Voters chose to protect abortion rights in all five states with abortion-related measures on their ballots  By Tanya Lewis

Health Care Supreme Court to Hear Nursing Home Case That Could Affect Millions The country's highest court will decide whether Americans who rely on public assistance can sue states when they believe their rights have been violated By Farah Yousry,Side Effects Public Media,Kaiser Health News

Weather How Rare Are November Hurricanes? November hurricanes and tropical storms such as Nicole are relatively rare, but they can—and do—form By Andrea Thompson

BRING SCIENCE HOME How Warm Is Sweet Enough? Just the right taste—and temperature? Learn about how our bodies sense flavor with this tasty activity!  Credit: George Retseck Have you ever tasted a piece of warm apple pie or a cup of hot chocolate milk—and then had them after they cooled? Maybe you even prefer to have these treats at room temperature. Why is this? Can flavor change even when you are not adding ingredients? Try this activity and discover how temperature influences flavor!

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