Astrophysics
FAST, the World’s Largest Radio Telescope, Zooms in on a Furious Cosmic Source
China’s Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope has detected more than 1,600 fast radio bursts from a single enigmatic system
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Engineering
What Is 5G? Here Is a Short Video Primer
You see it mentioned in countless phone commercials, and your phone might use it. But do you know how it works?
Anthropology
Genomes Show the History and Travels of Indigenous Peoples
A new study demonstrates “I ka wā mamua, ka wā ma hope,” or “the future is in the past”
Pollution
Assessing COVID Risk and More with Air Quality Monitors
The consumer devices track pollutants as well as CO2—a proxy for potentially virus-laden human breath
Fossil Fuels
More Countries Join Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions
Dozens of nations, representing 30 percent of the world’s emissions, have indicated support ahead of crucial climate talks
Pharmaceuticals
How Antiviral Pill Molnupiravir Shot Ahead in the COVID Drug Hunt
The Merck pill, which could become the first oral antiviral COVID treatment, forces the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to mutate itself to death
Climate Change
Beyond the Winners, Nobel Prize for Climate Science Is a Victory for Many
Research in the field is more collaborative than the Nobel awards can acknowledge
Conservation
Channeling Thoreau: 24 Hours on Pea Island
A young writer camps out on a tiny bit of land at the western end of the Long Island Sound
Health Care
The Smartest Way to Use Rapid At-Home COVID Tests
The self-administered tests are sold over the counter, holding out the promise of safer gatherings. But interpreting results requires savvy
Particle Physics
New Universal Force Tested by Blasting Neutrons through Crystal
A recent experiment has placed the best-yet limits on the strength of a long-sought fifth fundamental force
