Scorpion stingers, preeclampsia hope, canceled wind farms

蝎子毒刺,妊娠高血压症希望,取消的风力发电场

Science Quickly

2026-05-04

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In this week’s Science Quickly news roundup, we look at promising results from a new study about preeclampsia. We also cover the latest news about the Trump administration’s push against clean energy. Plus, we remember pioneering geneticist J. Craig Venter, who died last week, and Scientific American’s chief newsletter editor Andrea Gawrylewski shares an interesting defense technology story from the magazine’s May issue. We then dig into a fascinating new study about scorpion stingers and claws. Finally, we ask a strange question: Where was your backyard 320 million years ago? Recommended Reading: Could blood filtering help treat one of pregnancy’s most deadly conditions? Human genome decoder J. Craig Venter dies at age 79 DARPA’s AI is built to call BS on wild weapons claims See where your backyard was millions of years ago at Paleolaltitude.org E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • You're listening to our weekly science news roundup.

  • Start with some health news.

  • If you or your partner has ever been pregnant, you may have heard of preeclampsia.

  • It 's a life-threatening condition that arises in as many as 1 out of 12 pregnancies in the U.S. Marked by high blood pressure

  • and protein in the urine, the condition can lead to serious complications like organ damage in the pregnant person

  • and a diminished blood supply to the fetus.