Reproduction
Police Who Tear-Gas Abortion-Rights Protesters Could Induce Abortion
Tear gas is widely used by law enforcement, even though it may cause spontaneous abortion
Opinion
Psychology
What Keeps a Crowd from Becoming a Mob?
Amid COVID, studies in Denmark suggest that crowds do not always engage in bad behavior—and that mass-gatherings sometimes offer meaningful connection
Health Care
Abortion Access Allowed Us to Have a Happy, Healthy Family
Canceling Roe means that other parents with high-risk pregnancies will not have the options that we had
Behavior
Digital Literacy Doesn’t Stop the Spread of Misinformation
Just because you can spot falsehoods doesn’t mean you won’t share them
Astronomy
How Taking Pictures of ‘Nothing’ Changed Astronomy
Deep-field images of “empty” regions of the sky from JWST and other space telescopes are revealing more of the universe than we ever thought possible
Climate Change
The Clean Air Act Is a Model for Protections We Need More Than Ever
The Clean Air Act, now undermined by the Supreme Court, exemplifies how the U.S. government once tackled “major questions”—and could again
Genetics
Genomic Sequencing Is Critical to Our Understanding of COVID
With infections still surging, the U.S. needs to invest in this technology to prepare for the next variants
Astronomy
Webb’s Record-Breaking First Image Shows Why We Build Telescopes
A new galaxy-packed picture from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a chance to rekindle our wonder about the universe
Vaccines
Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines
Developing nations that desperately need these more effective vaccines are virtually locked out
Electronics
Should Machines Replace Mathematicians?
A “replication crisis” in mathematics raises questions about the purpose of knowledge
