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👀 On our radar: Few consequences for psychiatric hospitals that break the law

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.

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Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 11h

Reengineered, the powdery stuff could become a range of eco-friendly objects.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by JSTOR Daily.

Using Pollen To Make Paper, Sponges, and More - JSTOR Daily

Reengineered, the powdery stuff could become a range of eco-friendly objects.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones

✍️ Rohini Subrahmanyam

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Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds

Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

Marshes often take over these arboreal graveyards — learn more from our recent story. knowmag.org/4nHGRSd

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

As trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in — for better or worse, scientists are learning

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

An AI-generated map is shedding light on ghost forests, large stands of dead trees usually killed by encroaching seawater.

@jamesdinneen.bsky.social reports in @science.org 👇

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AI reveals vast ‘ghost forests’ along U.S. coast

Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

👀 On our radar: Ex-CDC chief on why she was fired

‘I would never do that, as a scientist,‘ Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.

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Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired

‘I would never do that, as a scientist,‘ Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics.

The pernicious infections infiltrating Ukraine’s front lines

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk knowmag.org/46jrGbH

The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help save wildlife from collapse

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 1d

As the world focuses on its billion-plus obese citizens, there remain people at the other end of the spectrum who are skinny, often painfully so, but don’t want to be.

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Illustration of someone standing on some scales with a shadow cast behind her. The shadow takes on the shape of a double helix.

Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 2d

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Really interesting read on antibiotic resistance.

Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s definitely not confined now to the war-wounded.” Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in Ukraine: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

The pernicious infections infiltrating Ukraine’s front lines

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s definitely not confined now to the war-wounded.” Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in Ukraine: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

The pernicious infections infiltrating Ukraine’s front lines

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 2d

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 3d

New research, innovative programs & emboldened advocates are challenging decades-old conventions about how to respond to domestic abuse.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by TucsonSentinel.

Can a shift in strategy reduce intimate partner violence?

Perceived lenience toward men who have threatened or hurt women is understandably controversial. Yet momentum is growing for less frequent arrests — or at least more selective ones — and more…

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 3d

Dredging and pollution devastated the once-bountiful reefs. Careful science may help bring them back.

Shucking the past: Can oysters thrive again?

Dredging and pollution devastated the once-bountiful reefs. Careful science may help bring them back.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 3d

“Every automotive company has said solid-state batteries are the future. It’s just a question of, When is that future?” knowmag.org/4pOTYT3

Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 3d

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in Ukraine: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door. knowmag.org/3KxZcm3

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 3d

People with good motives may engage in bribery and worse depending on what society expects of them. A political scientist explains. knowmag.org/46q5U4L

Corruption: When norms upstage the law

People with good motives may engage in bribery and worse depending on what society expects of them. A political scientist explains.

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 3d

Canine and human cancers bear many similarities, and studies on dogs are helping advance care for our furry friends and for us.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Smithsonian Magazine.

How Cancer Research for Dogs Is Helping Improve Treatment for Pets and Humans Alike

Canine and human cancers bear many similarities, and studies on dogs are helping advance care for our furry friends and for us

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 4d

Determined to avoid more preventable losses, scientists have begun hunting for molecular warning signs that appear before populations spiral — with many now pinning their hopes on a novel tool called an epigenetic clock.

The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help save wildlife from collapse

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk

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