The pandemic caused a baby boom in red states, a bust in blue states

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May 26, 2023

Public Health The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases By Tanya Lewis

Geology New York City Is Sinking under Its Own Weight The weight of New York City’s 1.1 million buildings is making the city slowly sink By Meghan Bartels

Mental Health Social Media Can Harm Kids. Could New Regulations Help? As more researchers document the potential harms of social media use, especially for youngsters, both Republicans and Democrats are pushing legislation to rein in platforms By Jesse Greenspan

Neuroscience A Rare Form of Dementia Can Unleash Creativity Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas By Robert Martone

Artificial Intelligence Why We Need to See Inside AI's Black Box A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden By Saurabh Bagchi,The Conversation US

Neuroscience Here's What Causes Motion Sickness Here's how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain By James Phillips,The Conversation US

Animals Thousands of New Creatures Discovered in Deep-Sea Mining Zone A new study found more than 5,000 new species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a mineral-rich area of seafloor that companies aim to mine for critical materials By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 6

FROM THE ARCHIVE Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at an Alarming Rate A likely culprit is hormone-disrupting chemicals By Shanna H. Swan,Stacey Colino | March 2021

WHAT WE'RE READING Everything You Need to Know About the Wild World of Alternative Jet Fuels How trash, cooking oil, and green electricity could power your future flights. By Casey Crownhart | MIT Technology Review | May 24, 2023

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