EngineeringMay 1, 2021
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: May 2021
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BehaviorMay 1, 2021
Making Vaccines Is Straightforward; Getting People to Take Them Isn’t
Our instincts are unreliable about which problems are easy to solve and which are hard
EarthMay 1, 2021
Giant Mud Volcano Reveals Its Powerful Explosive Secrets
Scientists probe an exceptionally explosive phenomenon
EvolutionMay 1, 2021
Evolution’s Favorite Fish Diversify through ‘Noncoding’ Genes
Proliferating cichlids may specialize using regulatory DNA
EvolutionMay 1, 2021
Genomes Reveal Humanity’s Journey into the Americas
DNA has upended neat and tidy accounts of the peopling of the American continents
PolicyMay 1, 2021
Dolphin Spins, Adolescent Brains and a Very Big Map
Sharing “an acute appreciation for science”
CultureMay 1, 2021
Poem: ‘String Theory’
Science in meter and verse
PolicyMay 1, 2021
Those Who Investigate Premature Deaths Should Have Medical Training
Coroners are not typically required to have medical expertise—and that’s a problem
Space & PhysicsMay 1, 2021
Saturn Probe Data Reveal Impressive Depth of Titan’s Largest Sea
The moon’s massive pool of methane, ethane and nitrogen could potentially swallow skyscrapers
PolicyApril 30, 2021
Senate Confirms Bill Nelson as NASA’s New Leader
The former Senator will be the space agency’s 14th administrator
The SciencesApril 29, 2021
Muon Results Throw Physicists’ Best Theories into Confusion
Experimental anomalies have sent researchers scrambling to concoct new explanations