Astronomers Grapple with JWST’s Discovery of Early Galaxies

Robotics

Transforming Robots Help to Transfer Skills

How do you teach a new robot old tricks?

Matthew Hutson

History

What Is a Dog Anyway?

Defining what a dog is is really tough, but the domestication of wolves might be the feat that set modern humans on the path to dominance

Pat Shipman | Opinion

Genetics

World’s Oldest DNA Discovered, Revealing Ancient Arctic Forest Full of Mastodons

Two-million-year-old DNA, the world's oldest, reveals that mastodons once roamed forests in Greenland’s far northern reaches

Stephanie Pappas

Conservation

Global Summit Tries to Slow Biodiversity Crisis as Species Wink Out around the World

Negotiators have gathered in Montreal for a United Nations summit aimed at hammering out a Paris-style agreement to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030

Sara Schonhardt and E&E News

Neuroscience

Severe COVID May Cause Brain Changes Similar to Aging

Key genes that are active in the brains of older people are also active in the brains of people who developed serious COVID

Heidi Ledford and Nature magazine