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January 30, 2023

Behavior Rising Physical Pain Is Linked to More 'Deaths of Despair' What's happening in the body, as well as the mind, can be tied to increases in drug overdoses, suicides, and more By Lucía Macchia

Sociology New Apps Aim to Douse the Social Media Dumpster Fire Social media makes us miserable, but can "positive apps," such as Gas and BeReal, make a difference? By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Renewable Energy China Invests $546 Billion in Clean Energy, Far Surpassing the U.S. China accounted for nearly half of the world's low-carbon spending in 2022, which could challenge U.S. efforts to bolster domestic clean energy manufacturing By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Conservation One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities A pair of studies raise concerns that the Amazon rain forest may be approaching a point of no return By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Policy Science News Briefs from around the World: February 2023 Sharks wielding research cameras in the Bahamas, Mexico's spider monkey diplomacy, a carbon "time bomb" in the Republic of Congo, and much more in this month's Quick Hits By Daniel Leonard

Arts Death, Sex and Aliens: A Surprising History of Slime Sublime slime, sprawling light pollution, harnessing the bioelectricity in our body, and more books out this month By Amy Brady

FROM THE STORE Stressed Out: Causes, Effects and Keeping Calm Chronic stress makes people sick. The fight-or-flight response activates our bodies to face immediate threats, but that stress system must turn off to allow organs to recover. Constant anxiety keeps the system active, and in this eBook, we examine the effects of ongoing stress and trauma on both body and mind as well as ways to arm ourselves against adversity by managing stress and building resilience.

WHAT WE'RE READING Why Not Cover Ugly Parking Lots With Solar Panels? In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas where it's needed. By William Ralston | Wired | Jan. 23, 2023

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