Drought in Africa, “strange matter” found inside atoms, an exploding ball of worms

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April 27, 2023

Climate Change Deadly African Drought Wouldn't Have Happened without Climate Change A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the influence of climate change, a new analysis finds By Andrea Thompson

Particle Physics Physicists See 'Strange Matter' Form inside Atomic Nuclei New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form in the nuclei of atoms By Stephanie Pappas

Medicine A Proposal to Change Medical Training Will Affect Autism Care The prevalence of autism and other developmental disorders is rising. Changing who teaches early-career pediatricians about these issues will negatively affect children’s health By Reshma Shah,Sarah C. Bauer

Automobiles What It Would Take for Electric Vehicles to Help Power the Grid A new bill in California proposes making electric vehicles a backup power source for the electric grid—an idea that has promise but has to overcome several technological hurdles, experts say By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Animals 50,000 Worms Tangled Up in a Ball Unravel in an Explosive Burst when a Predator Appears California blackworms make a contribution to the math and physics of knot tying by demoing twisting motions that help them escape a tangled worm ball By Jack Tamisiea

Animals What Makes a Mammal? 423,000 Newly Identified DNA Regions Guide Our Genes These elements, dubbed “UNICORNs,” sit close to genes that affect smell, sleep and ways that people and other mammals interact with their surroundings By Sara Reardon

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 5

FROM THE ARCHIVE Warming Worsened West Africa Floods That Killed 800 People Unusually heavy monsoon rains that caused deadly flooding in Nigeria were made 80 percent more likely by climate change By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News | November 2022

WHAT WE'RE READING Taking a Sharper Look at the M87 Black Hole Machine Learning Reconstructs New Image from EHT Data By Lee Sandberg | Institute for Advanced Study | April 17, 2023

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