Aerospace
What Can We Do to Make Sure the FAA and Southwest Airlines Fiascoes Never Happen Again?
Congress and the airline industry must reassess how they approach and fund air transportation modernization
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Politics
We Must Prevent a New Nuclear Arms Race
Smart U.S. leadership and international pressure on Russia can prevent an unconstrained global nuclear arms race
Basic Chemistry
Chemistry Urgently Needs to Develop Safer Materials
The damaging effects of accidents like the Ohio train derailment would be minimized if industry would commit to developing safer chemical processes and products
Defense
Chinese Spy Balloon Saga Shows UFOs Deserve Serious Investigations
By shunting pilot observations aside, the Pentagon likely fostered a UFO fad and overlooked Chinese intelligence technology entering U.S. airspace
Astronomy
The Asteroid Blast That Shook the World Is Still Making an Impact
The Chelyabinsk asteroid slammed into Earth’s atmosphere 10 years ago, the largest impact in more than a century
Climate Change
Water Shortages Threaten to Increase Violence and Disappearances in Mexico
The U.S. government must fund water-saving efforts in Mexico if it wants to quell the nation’s drug violence
Black Holes
Quantum Entanglement Isn’t All That Spooky After All
The way we teach quantum theory conveys a spookiness that isn’t actually there
Computing
How ChatGPT Can Improve Education, Not Threaten It
A professor explains why he is allowing students to incorporate ChatGPT into their writing process instead of banning the new technology
Exercise
We Can Make Football Safer
Through better equipment, improved knowledge of head injury and better medical care, we can mitigate the effects of concussion at all levels of football
Astronomy
Light Pollution Is Dimming Our View of the Sky, and It’s Getting Worse
Citizen scientists and researchers found that we are losing our view of the sky at an astonishing rate of almost 10 percent each year
