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  • 1 week ago | scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz

    Between climate change, economic anxiety and political turmoil, the world can feel like a scary place, especially for kids. Today’s young people have already been through a deadly global pandemic, they regularly drill to prepare for school shootings, and they must learn to navigate an age of misinformation and danger online. These stressors seem to be taking a toll; measurements show anxiety and sleep deprivation among adolescents are rising, and even teen suicide attempts are increasing.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Clara Moskowitz

    Between climate change, economic anxiety and political turmoil, the world can feel like a scary place, especially for kids. Today’s young people have already been through a deadly global pandemic, they regularly drill to prepare for school shootings, and they must learn to navigate an age of misinformation and danger online. These stressors seem to be taking a toll; measurements show anxiety and sleep deprivation among adolescents are rising, and even teen suicide attempts are increasing.

  • 2 weeks ago | scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz |Jen Christiansen |Daniel Huffman

    The beginning of June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the six-month period when strong storms can brew in the ocean and then wreak havoc on land. Among the hazardous consequences of hurricanes are storm surges, in which water rapidly rises above the normal tide level on shore. These dangerous events can cause flooding and pick up and displace homes and other structures.

  • 2 weeks ago | scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz

    Former president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office announced on Sunday. The 82-year-old has what is described as an “aggressive form” of cancer that has already spread to his bones. Though his disease is serious, there are promising treatment options, and Biden could potentially live for years with the diagnosis. What is a Gleason score, and what does Biden’s mean?

  • 1 month ago | scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz |Mark Belan

    Some species seem to live fast and die young. Others, though, “appear not to age,” says João Pedro de Magalhães, a molecular biologist at the University of Birmingham in England. He is project leader of the Human Ageing Genomic Resources program, which keeps the AnAge database of maximum animal lifespans. Some species of turtles, fishes and salamanders, for instance, don’t show any signs of degeneration or senescence as they grow older.

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Clara Moskowitz
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6 Mar 25

RT @preskill: Excellent article in @sciam about the impending opportunity to redefine the second using optical clocks, including the friend…

Clara Moskowitz
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6 Feb 25

RT @LeeBillings: Yeah, if I had to bet I'd say the path to any viable interplanetary or interstellar future doesn't run through cryptocoin…

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19 Dec 24

RT @SquigglyVolcano: NEW: Does Planet 9 exist? No telescope has been capable of finding it—but in 2025, the Rubin Observatory will come onl…