COVID-19 vaccines need to be kept cold, really cold for the RNA-based ones. A pharma supply chain expert says the U.S. is not ready theconversation.com/keeping-corona… via The Conversation U.S.

What should you watch for the week after being diagnosed with COVID-19? I asked a physician who lays out the possible trajectories and treatments

INVESTIGATION: Exclusive: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago eenews.net/stories/106371… via E&E News

As Election Day Nears, Taking Stock of an Expertise Exodus undark.org/2020/10/26/tru… via Undark Magazine

As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science nytimes.com/2020/10/27/cli…

Sharon Begley, path-breaking science journalist who spun words into gold, dies at 64 statnews.com/2021/01/17/sha… via STAT Sad to read this. A real loss

Looking forward to checking out Scott Kirsner book on the New England innovation economy amazon.com/Innovation-Eco… #startups

How Texas froze: Neglect of power-grid and climate warnings set the icy stage texasclimatenews.org/features/how-t…

Pollen can raise your risk of getting COVID-19, whether you have allergies or not theconversation.com/pollen-can-rai… via The Conversation U.S.

The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave npr.org/2021/06/19/100…

Expert panel votes unanimously that Biogen Alzheimer’s drug doesn’t offer patient benefits statnews.com/pharmalot/2021… via STAT Another twist in this saga

Biden’s Climate Plans Are Stunted After Dejected Experts Fled Trump nytimes.com/2021/08/01/cli…

An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US theconversation.com/an-afghan-amer… via The Conversation U.S. Quite an ordeal

It’s hard to get a picture of how the pandemic is playing out in different countries - and to see what we in the US can learn from others. These short stories provide a snapshot of how 10 countries from Mexico to China are coping and their different challenges #DeltaVariant

On the 7th anniversary of The Conversation U.S. it’s good to re-read a 2015 The Boston Globe profile of us shared by colleague Joel Abrams 🍵. I think our story has held up pretty well! bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2015…

Utilities in Mass. to test neighborhood-level ground-source heat pumps? If you're looking for alternative to natural gas heating, this could be part of the solution bostonglobe.com/2022/02/11/sci… #geothermal

"But now, areas of the #Antarctic ice sheet that had been stable for thousands of years are breaking, thinning, melting, or in some cases collapsing in a heap." Have you read Ted Scambos's The Conversation U.S. piece about the retreat of Thwaites Glacier yet? bit.ly/3mtwpjm

Bill Russell's legacy of NBA championships and cerebral fight for equal rights theconversation.com/bill-russells-… via The Conversation U.S. Quite a man

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls theconversation.com/what-the-world… via The Conversation U.S.