Ohio train accident--what we know so far, Chinese spy balloon needs investigations, the trauma of surviving a deadly earthquake

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February 17, 2023

Toxicology Chemical Health Risks from the Ohio Train Accident--What We Know So Far A train carrying toxic and combustible materials derailed recently in Ohio. Here's what we know about the situation—and what we can't know yet By Meghan Bartels

Defense Chinese Spy Balloon Saga Shows UFOs Deserve Serious Investigations By shunting pilot observations aside, the Pentagon likely fostered a UFO fad and overlooked Chinese intelligence technology entering U.S. airspace By Mick West

Mental Health Survivors of Deadly Earthquakes Must Deal with Lasting Trauma A psychiatrist who has studied the effects of previous devastating quakes explains how the Turkey-Syria earthquake could impact survivors' mental health By Tanya Lewis

Animals Snakes Can Hear You Scream, New Research Reveals Not only can snakes hear sounds traveling through the air, researchers find, but different species react differently to what they hear By Christina N. Zdenek,The Conversation US

Animals Love and the Brain: The Animal Matchmaker and the Panda Romeo and Juliet In fair zoo-ona, a pair of star-cross'd pandas take their life. And we learn about whether or not animals can fall in love. By Shayla Love | 11:22

Natural Disasters We May Never Predict Earthquakes, but We Can Make Them Less Deadly Improvements in how scientists measure plate movement and detect places where stress is building allow them to recognize areas where the likelihood of an earthquake is high By Harold Tobin

Climate Change Ignoring Climate Risks Has Inflated Property Values in Flood Zones Home buyers are paying excessive prices after ignoring flood risk and the costs of insurance and repairs, a new study finds By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Health Care Era of 'Free' COVID Vaccines, Test Kits and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now? When the U.S.'s national public health emergency for COVID expires on May 11, some costs will shift to the private sector and consumers By Julie Appleby,Kaiser Health News

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FROM THE ARCHIVE To Revive a River, Restore Its Liver Radical reconstruction in Seattle is bringing nearly dead urban streams back to productive life By Erica Gies | April 2022

WHAT WE'RE READING Rupture Two massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria are among the worst natural disasters of the century. By Aditi Bhandari, Michael Ovaska, Daisy Chung, Dea Bankova and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | Reuters | Feb. 10, 2023

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