Hurricane season has begun, sperm counts decline, the sound of black holes colliding

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June 01, 2023

Weather New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify By Martin J. Kernan

Reproduction Are Sperm Counts Really Declining? Some studies have found marked drops in sperm count, whereas others have not, and it’s surprisingly hard to measure By Christina Szalinski

Education India Cuts Periodic Table and Evolution from School Textbooks The periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s in India as they start the new school year By Dyani Lewis,Nature magazine

Black Holes Listen to the Astonishing 'Chirp' of Two Black Holes Merging Some of the most violent cosmic collisions occur silently in the vacuum of space, but with the right instrumental ears, we can still hear it happen. Here's how. By Dan Garisto,Jason Drakeford,Lee Billings,Jeffery DelViscio

Pollution Fossil-Fuel Interests Try to Weaken Global Plastics Treaty Good news: the world is discussing a treaty to stem plastic pollution. Bad news: fossil-fuel interests are trying to weaken it By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Policy Attacks on Child Labor Laws Are a Dangerous Throwback to Social Darwinism Recent efforts to weaken labor protections for minors are linked to the social Darwinist notion that people are inherently unequal By Naomi Oreskes

Inequality How an American Psychiatrist Inspired a Street Name in Germany--and Why That's So Unusual Nyswanderweg, a pinky-sized residential street in Hamburg, Germany, is easy to miss. Yet it’s a rare and significant monument to Marie Nyswander. By Katie Hafner,The Lost Women of Science Initiative

Weather El Niño and Extreme Ocean Heat Are About to Clash for the 2023 Hurricane Season Warm ocean waters are primed to provide plenty of fuel for the 2023 hurricane season, but a possible El Niño could quash storms By Christina Patricola,The Conversation US

FROM THE ARCHIVE How to Evacuate Cities before Dangerous Hurricanes With new risk maps, authorities hope to avoid mass exoduses and blocked exits By Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio,Devika Subramanian,Robert M. Stein | October 2018

WHAT WE'RE READING The Restaurant Industry Has a Child Labor Problem Over the past few years child labor violations have surged across the food industry. Why? By Jaya Saxena and Amy McCarthy | Eater | May 26, 2023

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