People in Rural Areas Die at Higher Rates Than Those in Urban Areas

Sponsored by

Trouble viewing? View in your browser. View all Scientific American publications.

    

December 14, 2022

Public Health People in Rural Areas Die at Higher Rates Than Those in Urban Areas Deaths from heart disease, cancer and COVID are all higher in rural areas than urban ones in the U.S., and the gap is only widening By Tanya Lewis

Climate Change Race to Develop Carbon Removal Technology Begins with Record Funding The Biden administration launched a historic effort on Tuesday to commercialize direct air capture technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere By Corbin Hiar,Carlos Anchondo,E&E News

Climate Change Alaska's Protective Sea Ice Wall Is Crumbling because of the Climate Crisis A massive storm slammed into Alaska's western coast, and there was no ice to stop it. By Emily Schwing | 06:45

Sponsor Content Provided by American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Understanding cell communication's role in fighting disease At the Weizmann Institute of Science, molecular geneticist Prof. Maya Schuldiner uncovered how the cell’s nucleus and mitochondria communicate. This discovery has wide implications, allowing scientists to better understand metabolic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Learn more >

Water How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought To prevent devastating droughts and floods, humanity can tune in to natural solutions to repair water cycles that human development has disrupted By Erica Gies

Economics Why It's So Hard to Recycle Plastic Here's how companies and other organizations are trying to make plastics more sustainable By Sarah DeWeerdt

Sociology The Most Compelling Science Graphics of 2022 From COVID to space exploration, graphics helped tell some the year's most important stories By Amanda Montañez

Pollution E-Waste Could Become a 'Gold Mine' for Rare-Earth Elements Mining electronic waste for rare-earth elements while isolating the remaining toxic chemicals could help solve the global e-waste crisis By Michael Eisenstein

Energy It's Time for Congress to Support Fusion Energy Fusion devices for clean, safe, and affordable electricity and industrial heat are making advances and need a push By U.S. Representative Don Beyer

Economics Nature Outlook: Circular Economy Charting a path towards material sustainability

Mathematics 6 Marvelous Math Stories from 2022 Math made a splash this year. Here's a look at the fascinating discoveries, mind-bending quests and important events in mathematics in 2022 By Clara Moskowitz

Psychology Kindness Can Have Unexpectedly Positive Consequences People who engage in random acts of kindness may not fully recognize the impact of their behavior on others By Amit Kumar

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 1

LATEST ISSUES

Questions?   Comments?

Download the Scientific American App

To view this email as a web page, go here. You received this email because you opted-in to receive email from Scientific American. To ensure delivery please add news@email.scientificamerican.com to your address book. Unsubscribe     Manage Email Preferences     Privacy Policy     Contact Us