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Cooling Zones for Fish
MAGAZINE OF THE SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE
NOVEMBER 18, 2023
The Ongoing
Toll of a Disaster
Flint grapples with the mental health
impact of the water crisis
VOL. 204
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NO. 8
Features
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Clear the Air
THE CLIMATE FIX
Removing methane, a potent
greenhouse gas, directly from the atmosphere could
slow global warming. But can scientists figure out how
to do it?
By Katherine Bourzac
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Caring for Community
COVER STORY
Residents of Flint, Mich., will long
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be grappling with the mental health consequences
of the water crisis that began there nearly a decade
ago. Here’s how they’ve taken healing into their own
hands.
By Aimee Cunningham
News
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Physicists build particle
accelerators small enough
to fit in your pocket
Astronomers think
they’ve spotted the
aftermath of an exoplanet
collision for the first time
Quantum squeezing will
help LIGO find more
gravitational waves
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Some female frogs play
dead, impersonate males
or spin round and round to
escape mating mobs
Female chimpanzees
in the wild go through
menopause
9
“Air conditioning”
could keep fish cool as
temperatures rise
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A stem cell discovery
explains why breast
cancer tends to spread
to the spine
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The brain tissue that
insulates nerve fibers
may also fuel long-
distance runners
36
Departments
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4
EDITOR’S NOTE
NOTEBOOK
A call to rename galaxies;
Neandertals hunted
big cats
FROM TOP: K. BOURZAC; H. QAMBARI AND JAYDEN DICKSON; B.A. GÜELL
32 REVIEWS & PREVIEWS
Citizen scientists will have
plenty to do during next
year’s total solar eclipse
34 FEEDBACK
36 SCIENCE VISUALIZED
A close-up of a rat’s retina
looks like a piece of art
COVER
At Flint City Hall
in 2015, residents call
for access to clean water.
Christian Randolph/The
Flint Journal-MLive.com/
Associated Press
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Marine biologists test
three innovative methods
of reviving coral reefs
harmed by environmental
degradation
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As glaciers melt in
the mountains of Peru,
llamas can revitalize
newly ice-free land
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Scientific meetings —
it’s nice to see you again
Coverage of scientific meetings has always been one of the
pillars of
Science News’
journalism. From the early days, our
reporters showed up in person to get stories that no one
else had. In the 1920s, Jane Stafford regularly reported from
medical meetings, covering topics from the common cold to
cancer. In 1981, Julie Miller, life sciences reporter at the time, attended a meeting
where medical researchers were discussing the first cases of acquired immuno-
deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. She came back knowing she had to write about it
(SN:
11/14/81, p. 309).
And Ivars Peterson, who covered physical sciences, math and
technology, was introduced to a Web browser at a physics meeting in the 1990s.
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted a lot of our face time with scientists.
Virtual gatherings were no doubt necessary to keep people safe, but they just
weren’t the same. “Going to meetings gives you a main line to the science,” says
staff writer Meghan Rosen, who recently attended a meeting of the American
Academy of Pediatrics in Washington, D.C. “You get to immerse yourself in differ-
ent subjects in a way that’s completely different from reading a paper.”
One of the perks is finding stories that wouldn’t necessarily make it into the
journals. In 2018, physics and senior writer Emily Conover wrote an award-winning
story about how ravens were to blame for a glitch in the gravitational wave
detector LIGO — she got the tip at a meeting of the American Physical Society in
Columbus, Ohio. In 2020, neuroscience and senior writer Laura Sanders attended
the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, held in Seattle
that year. During an interview with a researcher about an entirely different topic,
Sanders was tipped off to a project about improving the ability to record brain
activity in people with curly, coarse hair (SN:
4/11/20, p. 5).
I’m happy to report that we are back to covering scientific meetings in person.
Staff writer Nikk Ogasa went to Pittsburgh for the Geological Society of America
meeting; you can read his story about how pumping cold water into rivers could
serve as “air conditioning” for fish (Page 9). Earth and climate writer Carolyn
Gramling was in Cincinnati for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting,
where she was reminded of the value of chatting with researchers just after their
talks. Like Rosen, Aimee Cunningham also attended the American Academy of
Pediatrics meeting. Intern Saima S. Iqbal went to the American Society of Human
Genetics meeting in Washington, D.C., alongside molecular biology and senior
writer Tina Hesman Saey.
And early in October, seven
Science News
writers and editors, including myself,
went to ScienceWriters 2023 in Boulder, Colo. We discussed issues in journal-
ism, learned how to be better at our craft and attended scientific sessions. I heard
researchers talk about the sun’s corona and solar wind, the world’s most advanced
atomic clocks, air quality following the nearby Marshall Fire in 2021 and more. I
met up with staffers who work remotely, with former interns and with some of our
freelance writers whom I’d never seen in person before.
Judging by the energy and enthusiasm at the meeting, I’m not the only one
who was glad to be back. I look forward to attending more meetings — though
don’t be surprised if I’m still wearing my mask.
— Elizabeth Quill, Executive Editor
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