Telescopes on Far Side of the Moon Could Illuminate the Cosmic Dark Ages

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January 15, 2021

Space Telescopes on Far Side of the Moon Could Illuminate the Cosmic Dark Ages Instruments deployed on missions to the lunar far side might give us an unprecedented view of the early universe By Anil Ananthaswamy

Biology Mysterious Heat Spikes inside Cells Are Probed with Tiny Diamonds A new type of sensor may help solve a puzzling cellular phenomenon By Alla Katsnelson

Space Unrivaled View of Brilliant 'Planetary Nebula' NGC 2899 Its distinctive butterfly shape is caused by one star interfering with the gas expulsion pattern of another By Leslie Nemo

Policy & Ethics Scientists Weigh In on India's Citizenship Debate Repressive measures by India's government are sparking a backlash in the nation's scientific community By Suvrat Raju

Medicine Should We Change COVID Vaccine Doses to Reach More People? What the Data Say Scientists are debating whether to delay, skip or halve doses. But untested tweaks could shake public confidence By Tanya Lewis

Behavior & Society How Science Explains Trump's Grip on White Males Research on risk perception can help us understand the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol By Catherine Buni,Soraya Chemaly,Undark

Biology Bees Use 'Bullshit' Defense to Keep Giant Hornets at Bay The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system By Jason G. Goldman | 05:26

Public Health Coronavirus News Roundup, January 9-January 15 Pandemic highlights for the week By Robin Lloyd

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Astronomers Battle Space Explorers for Access to Moon's Far Side Without protection from radio interference, a giant observatory on the moon's hidden hemisphere could prove unworkable By Leonard David | April 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "If I were to design an ideal place to do low-frequency radio astronomy, I would have to build the moon." Jack Burns, astrophysicist at the University of Colorado Boulder

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