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February 15, 2023

Epidemiology Do Repeat COVID Infections Increase the Risk of Severe Disease or Long COVID? Many repeat infections are mild, but some studies suggest people who have been infected with COVID more than once are at a greater risk of severe disease or long COVID By Charles Schmidt

Psychology Love and the Brain: How Attached Are We to Attachment Styles? Are you "anxious," "avoidant" or  "disorganized?" So-called attachment styles have taken the Internet by storm. But it turns out there's a lot more to unpack than people think.  By Shayla Love | 11:42

Astronomy The Asteroid Blast That Shook the World Is Still Making an Impact The Chelyabinsk asteroid slammed into Earth's atmosphere 10 years ago, the largest impact in over a century By Phil Plait

Climate Change Water Shortages Threaten to Increase Violence and Disappearances in Mexico The U.S. government must fund water-saving efforts in Mexico if it wants to quell Mexico's drug violence By Jordan Kinard

Animals How Pollination Affects Chocolate Production Tiny flies that pollinate cacao are struggling, and this could affect our supply of chocolate By DeWayne Shoemaker

Climate Change 15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes At least 15 million people worldwide live in the flood paths of lakes that form as mountain glaciers melt and that can abruptly burst their banks By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Black Holes Quantum Entanglement Isn't All That Spooky After All The way we teach quantum theory conveys a spookiness that isn't actually there By Chris Ferrie

Medicine New COVID Antiviral Cuts Hospitalizations in Half An injection of a type of interferon drastically reduced the risk of severe COVID in a late-stage trial By Simon Makin

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 326, Issue 3

FROM THE ARCHIVE Dinosaur Asteroid Hit Worst-Case Place The mass-extinction asteroid happened to strike an area where the rock contained a lot of organic matter and sent soot into the stratosphere, where it could block sunlight for years. By Julia Rosen | October 2020

WHAT WE'RE READING New Zealand Minister Decries Climate Crisis 'Lost Decades' in Wake of Cyclone Gabrielle James Shaw says country is entering "period of consequences" for inaction over climate change as extreme weather wreaks havoc across the North Island By Tess McClure and Charlotte Graham-McLay | The Guardian | Feb. 13, 2023

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