Space Telescope Director Says Best Is Yet to Come for Hubble

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April 27, 2020

Dear Reader, To help commemorate Hubble's 30 years of discovery, space and physics editor Lee Billings spoke with Ken Sembach, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, about the observatory's most revolutionary discoveries, its operations during the coronavirus pandemic and how much longer it might last. We also have a video that features some of the remarkable cosmic views captured by Hubble. In other news, researchers say they have developed a bandage that repels blood and bacteria, promotes quick clotting and detaches without reopening the initial wound. And, according to a massive new study, the U.S. could save more than $1 trillion by removing roughly 1 million homes from flood-prone areas and relocating residents to higher ground.

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Space Space Telescope Director Says Best Is Yet to Come for Hubble Three decades into the life of the world's most revered orbital observatory, Ken Sembach, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, reflects on its future By Lee Billings

Space On its 30th Birthday, the Hubble Telescope has a simple wish for the world Circling hundreds of miles above the surface of our big blue marble for 30 years, I've had a remarkable view of the universe. I am the Hubble Space Telescope, and I have a birthday wish for everyone out there listening while I watch the heavens. By Jeffery DelViscio | 2:40

Medical & Biotech New Bandage Repels Blood and Promotes Clotting Dressing material uses carbon nanofibers to aid healing By Jillian Kramer

Policy & Ethics Our Response to COVID-19 Is Male-Centric We don't know how the coronavirus may affect women and men differently, which prevents us from delivering appropriate and personalized care By Alyson J. McGregor

Natural Disasters Removing 1 Million Homes from Flood Zones Could Save $1 Trillion Expanding buyout programs would be more cost-effective than other measures, such as elevating houses or flood-proofing basements By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Public Health How China's "Bat Woman" Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves, and she warns there are more out there By Jane Qiu

Behavior & Society The Stars Could Help Unify Us In a time of social distancing, looking to the skies might bring people closer together By Duilia de Mello

Behavior & Society COVID-19: Potential Implications for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders People who smoke tobacco or marijuana; vape; or use opioids or methamphetamine may be at higher risk of serious disease By Nora D. Volkow

Environment How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin Pygmies and wildlife coexisted for millennia—until conservation coupled with extractive industries arrived By Jerome Lewis

Behavior & Society Self-Isolation? I'm an Expert Here's what I've learned as an oceangoing research scientist By Melissa T. Miller

Space Tickling the Asteroid's Tail How do you return a piece of asteroid to Earth? Practice By Caleb A. Scharf

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