The Most Urgent Science, Health and Climate Issues in the 2022 Midterm Elections

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November 08, 2022

Dear Reader, Today, voters in the U.S. are filling out their ballots for the 2022 midterm elections. Our lead story examines how the election results could affect crucial areas of science, health, climate and technology.

Sophie Bushwick, Associate Editor, Technology @sophiebushwick

Policy The Most Urgent Science, Health and Climate Issues in the 2022 Midterm Elections The midterm elections have high stakes for issues such as abortion rights, pandemic funding, climate change and other fundamental policies By Andrea Thompson,Tanya Lewis,Sophie Bushwick

Privacy What You Need to Know About Iran's Surveillance Tech Scientific American tech editor Sophie Bushwick explains how Iran is using surveillance tech against vulnerable citizens.  By Sophie Bushwick,Tulika Bose | 05:42

Politics On Election Day, Vote for Candidates with Science-Based Policies, Not Politicians Who Ignore Evidence Some office seekers have positions based on research and facts, whereas others stand on assumptions and bias By The Editors

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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

Politics How to Inoculate against Midterm Misinformation Campaigns A New York University professor advocates "prebunking"—sounding the alarm before a conspiracy theory spreads too widely By Emily Willingham

Materials Science Engineered Metamaterials Can Trick Light and Sound into Mind-Bending Behavior Advanced materials can modify waves, creating optical illusions and useful technologies By Andrea Alù

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

Materials Science Silkworms Spin a Potential Microplastics Substitute "Intentionally added microplastics" in pesticides and cosmetics could be made from silk instead By Ysabelle Kempe

Space Exploration China's Space Station Is Almost Complete--How Will Scientists Use It? China's Tiangong orbital outpost will host more than 1,000 experiments, some of which will augment results from the International Space Station By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

QUOTE OF THE DAY "These detractors are telling us to 'stay in our lane,' that scientific inquiry is a pure, clean, completely objective enterprise, and that what we publish should be devoid of politics or the perspectives of people who are affected by the culture of scientific research. But the truth is that science is relevant to every element of society, including policy and politics." The Editors, Scientific American

FROM THE ARCHIVE How the Best Forecasters Predict Events Such as Election Outcomes Research reveals techniques that boost accuracy By Pavel Atanasov | October 2020

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