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February 27, 2023

Neurology Your Brain Could Be Controlling How Sick You Get--And How You Recover Scientists are deciphering how the brain choreographs immune responses, hoping to find treatments for a range of diseases By Diana Kwon,Nature magazine

Neurology Does Not Being Able to Picture Something in Your Mind Affect Your Creativity? Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your "mind's eye," are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it. By Stefano Montali | 05:55

Engineering New Color-Changing Coating Could Both Heat and Cool Buildings A thin film can switch from releasing heat to trapping it, and wrapping the coating around buildings could make them more energy-efficient By Allison Parshall

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Pharmaceuticals U.S. Lawsuit Threatens Access to Abortion Drug: The Science behind the Case A judge's decision could ban mifepristone across the country and weaken the Food and Drug Administration's authority By Mariana Lenharo,Nature magazine

Climate Change Scientists Are Trying to Pull Carbon Out of the Ocean to Combat Climate Change Instead of sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, some scientists are looking to capture it from the oceans By John Fialka,E&E News

Basic Chemistry Chemistry Urgently Needs to Develop Safer Materials The damaging effects of accidents like the Ohio train derailment would be minimized if industry would commit to developing safer chemical processes and products By Joel Tickner,Molly Jacobs,Charlotte Brody

Public Health The U.S. Needs a Formal Reckoning on the COVID Pandemic After Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and other major tragedies, the U.S. has examined itself to see how to prevent the next catastrophe. We need to do the same for the COVID pandemic By The Editors

Climate Change Why Is the Amazon So Important for Climate Change? Here's why the Amazon rain forest is key to protecting Earth from the detrimental effects of climate change By Emma Bryce

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Laugh Lots, Live Longer A vast new study finds that a sense of humor lowers mortality rates, especially for women By Tori Rodriguez | September 2016

WHAT WE'RE READING The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing How an idealistic community for exchanging free stuff tried to break away from Facebook, and ended up breaking apart. By Vauhini Vara | Wired | Feb. 23, 2023

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