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June 13—This week, could planting trees make climate change worse? Plus, a new space telescope is about to change astronomy forever, and how to protect yourself from Salmonella linked to eggs. Have a great weekend! —Andrea Gawrylewski, Chief Newsletter Editor

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Tree Planting Efforts Could Actually Worsen Climate Change With wildfires turning forests into "massive carbon emitters," planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase carbon emissions, a new report says Anne C. Mulkern, E&E News

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Do Wobbling Muons Point the Way to New Physics? The most anticipated particle physics result of recent years is here—but the real news came one week before: the "muon g–2 anomaly" might have never existed Eleni Petrakou

Thermal Runaway Explains Why Waymo Cars Burned So Completely in the Recent Los Angeles Protests During recent protests in Los Angeles, fires triggered "thermal runaway" in several Waymo robotaxis' lithium-ion battery packs. The phenomenon sent temperatures past 1,000 degrees Celsius, vaporized much of the cars and spewed lung-searing hydrogen fluoride Deni Ellis Béchard

Superheroes Represent Something Different to Today's Kids The newest generation of superheroes are complex, irreverent and exactly what our kids need Aviva Dove-Viebahn

Behold the First Images of the Sun's South Pole Solar Orbiter isn't the first spacecraft to study the sun's poles—but it's the first to send back photographs Meghan Bartels

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What a Wandering Mind Learns Zoning out reveals hidden patterns in tasks Nora Bradford

Can You Still Get a COVID Vaccine This Fall? Here's What to Know In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty Lauren J. Young, Meghan Bartels

What's behind the Mysterious Epidemic of Kidney Disease Killing Thousands of Young Men? As cases of chronic kidney disease emerge in outdoor laborers around the world, scientists are finding that repeated damage from prolonged extreme heat seems to be a leading factor to kidney failure Carrie Arnold, Nature magazine

This Revolutionary New Telescope Will Observe the Whole Sky Every Three Days The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes combined Rebecca Boyle

This Is Why the Sun Makes a Figure Eight in the Sky A curious celestial phenomenon known as the analemma is a reflection of Earth's orbit and tilted axis Phil Plait

Science-Backed Ways to Stay Healthy during Salmonella Outbreak in Eggs To prevent Salmonella food poisoning, refrigerate your eggs, cook them well, never eat them raw and clean, clean, clean Mark Fischetti

A Japanese Spacecraft Has Crash-Landed on the Moon—Again Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the lander Rachel Fieldhouse, Nature magazine

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