The Sciences

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one, from the dormant volcano Llullaillaco in Chile, about a mouse that is the highest-dwelling mammal ever documented.

SpaceX’s first 4-astronaut mission for the agency is a milestone in human spaceflight

But 500 Women Scientists, formed in the aftermath of Trump’s 2016 election, still has plenty of work to do

Radioactive elements produced by colliding neutron stars could make the difference between living and lifeless worlds

Here’s what the Biden-Harris administration can do to repair the damage Trump has done

The foreign service could use people with the problem-solving skills typical of STEM Ph.D.s

How many scientific breakthroughs have been lost because they came from outside the mainstream?

Scientists have created an atlas of cardiac cells in six regions that could help chart what goes awry in heart disease

Princeton’s Sam Wang had to eat his words (and a cricket) in 2016. He talks about the impacts of the pandemic and QAnon on public-opinion tallies in 2020

COVID might be fought efficiently with fewer shutdowns by restricting activities only in a particular area with a population up to 200,000 when its case rate rises above a chosen threshold.  

The Artemis Accords—NASA guidelines supposedly designed to regulate global cooperation on the moon—may serve to circumvent preexisting international treaties

Earthly matters got you stressed? Here is an opportunity to elevate your mind above the terrestrial din with three cosmic questions