Killer whales rip the livers out of their prey

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April 11, 2023

Animals Why Are Killer Whales Ripping Livers Out of Their Shark Prey? Killer whales rip open the bellies of sharks to snag the liver. Other predators also have dietary preferences for organs, brains and additional rich body parts By Stephanie Pappas

Reproduction Mifepristone Is Safe. A Court Ruling Reducing Access to It Is Dangerous A judge’s bad decision about the abortion pill rests on stigma about abortion that harms health care By Elizabeth Janiak

Climate Change Southeastern U.S. Seas Are Rising at Triple the Global Average Sea levels off the southeastern U.S. have risen more than a centimeter a year over the past decade—about triple the global average—and the effects on communities near the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean already are being observed By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Public Health How Over-the-Counter Narcan Can Help Reverse Opioid Overdoses A recent Food and Drug Administration decision that makes naloxone available without a prescription may increase the drug’s accessibility. But cost could be a barrier By Meghan Bartels

Mathematics 2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here's What That Means At an American Mathematical Society meeting, high school students presented a proof of the Pythagorean theorem that used trigonometry—an approach that some once considered impossible By Leila Sloman

Climate Change A Mysterious Rise in Banned Chemicals Is Warming the Planet A new study documents the mysterious presence of five banned chlorofluorocarbons, chemicals that not only deplete the ozone layer but also contribute to global warming By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 4

FROM THE ARCHIVE Killer Whales Are Speciating Right in Front of Us Killer whales appear to be splitting into several separate species, perhaps because cultural differences among populations are driving them apart By Rüdiger Riesch | May 2017

WHAT WE'RE READING We Tested a New ChatGPT-Detector for Teachers. It Flagged an Innocent Student. Five high school students helped our tech columnist test a ChatGPT detector coming from Turnitin to 2.1 million teachers. It missed enough to get someone in trouble. By Geoffrey A. Fowler | The Washington Post | April 3, 2023

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