How Beethoven died, global water crisis, top math prize

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March 23, 2023

History Beethoven's Cause of Death Revealed from Locks of Hair DNA from locks of Beethoven’s hair reveals how the composer died, but his hearing loss remains a mystery By Dyani Lewis,Nature

Water The World Faces a Water Crisis and 4 Powerful Charts Show How Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first U.N. conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference? By Miryam Naddaf,Nature magazine

Mathematics Top Math Prize Awarded for Describing the Dynamics of the Flow of Rivers and the Melting of Ice Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded “infinities” from a calculation By Manon Bischoff

Mathematics Mathematician Wins Abel Prize for 'Smooth' Physics Luis Caffarelli’s work includes equations underpinning physical phenomena, such as melting ice and flowing liquids By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

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Climate Change Climate Change Is Destabilizing Insurance Industry Insurers face a “crisis of confidence” as global warming makes weather events unpredictable and increases damage By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Medicine Mitochondria Transplants Save Rats from Cardiac Arrest A new study in rats suggests “powerhouse” organelles could help heal not only hearts but other organs damaged by lack of oxygen during cardiac arrest By Emma Yasinski

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 4

FROM THE ARCHIVE Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence Nearly 200 years after his death, the German composer’s musical scratch was pieced together by machine—with a lot of human help. By Teresa L. Carey | October 2021

WHAT WE'RE READING So You Want to Turn an Office Building Into a Home? Cities are eager to do this amid rising remote work. But it’s harder than you might think. By Emily Badger and Larry Buchanan | The New York Times | Mar. 11, 2023

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