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December 01, 2022

Water 5 Billion People Will Face Water Shortages by 2050, U.N. Says The World Meteorological Organization warns that climate-related shortages in water resources could affect two thirds of the world's population by midcentury and will be felt unevenly By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Climate Change U.S. Embassies Face Growing Risk from Climate Change, Government Watchdog Says A total of 32 U.S. embassies, including some of the most strategic, ranked in the highest category for climate disaster risk, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Pharmaceuticals Heralded Alzheimer's Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom Eisai and Biogen share clinical trial data confirming that lecanemab slows mental decline amid reports of potentially related deaths By McKenzie Prillaman,Nature magazine

Sponsor Content Provided by American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science This scientist's gut told him to look after yours. Prof. Eran Elinav, a pioneer of microbiome research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, is uncovering the role of the intestinal microbiome in diseases such as diabetes, ALS, and cancer. That takes guts – plus curiosity, dedication, and brilliance.

Geology Why Mauna Loa and Other Hawaiian Volcanoes Are Different from Most The magma that is fueling the first eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano in nearly 40 years is less likely to cause explosive effusions than magma at other volcanoes By Gabi Laske,The Conversation US

Anatomy One in 10 Who Menstruate Suffer from Endometriosis. Why Do We Know So Little about It? Compared with other diseases with similar economic burdens, research on endometriosis is severely underfunded, in large part because we don't talk about periods. By Meghan McDonough

Neurology Fatherhood Changes Men's Brain, according to Before-and-After MRI Scans The brain of a new father goes through transitions analogous to the neural changes experienced by a pregnant woman By Darby Saxbe,Magdalena Martínez García,The Conversation US

Astronomy On December 7 the Moon Will Photobomb Mars Much of North America can witness a delightful astronomical event on the evening of December 7 as the moon blocks out Mars By Phil Plait

Animals Tardigrades, an Unlikely Sleeping Beauty Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme. By Ashleigh Papp | 05:49

Astronomy Is Our Universe a Hologram? Physicists Debate Famous Idea on Its 25th Anniversary The Ads/CFT duality conjecture suggests our universe is a hologram, enabling significant discoveries in the 25 years since it was first proposed By Anil Ananthaswamy

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