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November 15, 2022

Sociology The World Population Just Hit 8 Billion and Here's How It Will Continue to Grow United Nations model predicts a slower rate of population growth than was previously estimated By David Adam,Nature magazine

Nature Outlook: Pandemic Preparedness The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary toll. The world's response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not perfect. If society is to avoid a similar or worse disease outbreak in the future, countries must ensure that they are better prepared to deal with pandemics than they were for COVID-19

Natural Disasters Why California Wildfires Burned Far Less This Year Though California has seen millions of acres burn from wildfires in recent years as a changing climate brings high temperatures and persistent drought, several factors led to a quiet 2022 fire season By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

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Mathematics Mathematician Who Solved Prime-Number Riddle Claims New Breakthrough After shocking the mathematics community with a major result in 2013, Yitang Zhang now says he has solved an analog of the celebrated Riemann hypothesis By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Astronomy The Best of JWST's Cosmic Portraits These new views of familiar space sights reveal details never before seen By Clara Moskowitz

Mental Health Mental Health Apps Are Not Keeping Your Data Safe With little regulation and sometimes outright deception, the possibility of discrimination and other "data harms" is high By Piers Gooding,Timothy Kariotis

Behavior Do Chimps Share Cool Stuff Just for Fun? Uganda Forest Study Provides a Hint That They Might Could a sighting by researchers in Uganda's Kibale National Park be a clue that chimps share just for the sake of sharing? By Darren Incorvaia

Public Health Climate Change Is Fueling a Public Health Crisis. Doctors Need to Address This It's time for doctors to recognize the growing effects of climate change on people's health By Neelu Tummala

Particle Physics Rule-Breaking Particles Pop Up in Experiments around the World Several physics measurements suggest that novel particles and forces exist in the universe By Andreas Crivellin

Public Health The International Community Must Prioritize COVID Treatment and Test Access Global trade rules are extending the COVID pandemic By Joseph Stiglitz,Lori Wallach

Psychology 'Persuasion Fatigue' Is a Unique Form of Social Frustration When people argue, a kind of frustration called persuasion fatigue can cloud their judgment and harm relationships By Nathan Ballantyne,Jared Celniker,Peter Ditto

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