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Premature deaths rise during long-term blackouts, and ERs fill up. Knowing who is at risk and some creative solutions can help.

Premature deaths rise during long-term blackouts, and ERs fill up. Knowing who is at risk and some creative solutions can help.

The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country's development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material and equipment in other ways would be difficult and dangerous.

The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.

The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.

Paul R. Ehrlich will be remembered as a scientist whose books about population and threats to the environment shaped the idea of limited growth in the modern era.