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NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims

Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

Neurological Health

Neurological Health

Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer’s Treatment Possibilities

Jason Ulrich and David M. Holtzman

Public Health

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly

Sara Reardon and Nature magazine

Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal

The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens...

Charles Schmidt

Policy & Ethics

Policy & Ethics

NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims

Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

Neurological Health

Neurological Health

Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer’s Treatment Possibilities

Jason Ulrich and David M. Holtzman

Public Health

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly

Sara Reardon and Nature magazine

Computing

How Olympic Tracking Systems Capture Athletic Performances

Eleanor Cummins

The Body

This Formula Calculates How Many Calories You Burn If You’re Doing Absolutely Nothing

Florian Freistetter

Climate

Clouds May Speed Up Global Warming

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

Environment

Wild Pigs Release as Much Carbon Emissions as 1 Million Cars

Christopher J. O'Bryan, Eve McDonald-Madden, Jim Hone, Matthew H. Holden, Nicholas R Patton and The Conversation US

Environment

Pesticides Are Killing the Organisms That Keep Our Soils Healthy

Nathan Donley and Tari Gunstone | Opinion

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How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant, and Will It Cause a COVID Surge in the U.S.?

A new, more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly spreading in the country and poses a threat to unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people

Massive Machines Are Bringing Giant Exoplanets Down to Earth

Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers, warehouse-sized electromagnets and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors

Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations

Avi Loeb | Opinion

How the Delta Variant Spreads So Quickly

Viral load is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, according to a study in China

Sara Reardon and Nature magazine

Quantum Mechanics, Plato’s Cave and the Blind Piranha

Can we ever really know the world?

John Horgan | Opinion

Star Trek’s Warp Drive Leads to New Physics

Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction staple—and bringing the idea a little closer to reality

Robert Gast and Spektrum

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Sexuality, Gender and Justice

Sexuality, Gender and Justice

Policy & Ethics

This Pride Month, discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination

June 1, 2021

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