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May 05, 2023

Sleep Should You Give Your Kid Melatonin? Young children are taking melatonin gummy supplements, but experts say they should be a last resort to help with sleep By Elana Spivack

Animals This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp. By Christopher Intagliata | 08:16

Public Health Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn't New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work By Matthew Oliver,Mark Ungrin,Joe Vipond

Astrophysics Astronomers Just Saw a Star Eat a Planet for the First Time A dying star swallowing a giant planet hints at the fate awaiting our solar system some five billion years from now By Charles Q. Choi,SPACE.com

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Conservation This Might Be the World's Oldest Tree. And It Could Die of Thirst Lañilawal, a Patagonian cypress that may be one of the oldest trees on Earth, needs greater protection if scientists are to understand its secrets of survival, an environmental scientist says By Stephanie Pappas

Oceans Bizarre Blue 'Jellyfish' Washing Up on California Beaches Are a Sign of Spring ’Tis the season for hordes of blue jellyfishlike creatures to wash up on California beaches By Meghan Bartels

Pollution Will the Chesapeake Bay Become a Dead Zone? The country’s largest estuary is under critical threat from pollution and climate change. The question is: Can it be saved? By Duy Linh Tu,Sebastian Tuinder

Public Health The Health Risks of Gas Stoves Explained Gas stoves produce emissions that can harm human health and the environment. Experts answer questions about the dangers and how to limit them By Tanya Lewis

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 5

FROM THE ARCHIVE Q&A: Why Is Blue Light before Bedtime Bad for Sleep? Two neuroscientists discuss how blue light negatively affects health and sleep patterns By Jessica Schmerler | September 2015

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