A Glitch Has Knocked the Hubble Space Telescope Offline--for Now

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June 24, 2021

Space A Glitch Has Knocked the Hubble Space Telescope Offline--for Now Although mission controllers have yet to identify the source of the problem, confidence is high the iconic observatory will soon return to normal operations By Meghan Bartels,SPACE.com

Nutrition, the Immune System and a Global Pandemic How factors such as diet, lifestyle and underlying health conditions influence the body’s ability to fight infection

Climate California May Buy Up Beach Houses Threatened by Sea Level Rise Municipalities would then rent the homes until they are doomed By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Evolution Cancer Clues Found in Gene behind 'Lemon Frost' Gecko Color Research has solved a macabre mystery, and the finding could one day help efforts to catch human melanomas earlier By Maddie Bender

Space What We Can Learn from Studying UFOs If they’re really aliens—and they’re benevolent—studying them could potentially transform the prospects for human knowledge and progress By Avi Loeb

Arts & Culture The Time to Dismantle the Racial Structures That Pervade Global Science Is Now Sociologist Anthony Ryan Hatch believes we must make the conversation around race and STEM a priority in academia By Devin Williams

Behavior & Society It's Not You, It's COVID: Couples Who Blamed Pandemic for Tensions Stayed Happier Pinning stress on the coronavirus helped couples cope and remain resilient By Tess Joosse

Climate Stay or Go? Climate Disaster Victims Face Wrenching Decision Experts also say low-income people, communities of color and Indigenous peoples have fewer options By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Policy & Ethics Abortion Is at the Supreme Court Again--It's Different This Time In the wake of state-level restrictions, a reshaped court could pose a profound threat to abortion rights By Elizabeth Nash

Climate How to Prevent Air Conditioners from Heating the Planet Manufacturers are competing to minimize power consumption and refrigerants as the machines multiply By Emily Underwood,Anthropocene Magazine

Medical & Biotech The Quest for Cancer-Detecting Blood Tests Speeds Up Liquid biopsies show promise for early detection of deadly tumors By Claudia Wallis

Public Health How to Prevent the Next Pandemic We need to make the development and distribution of vaccines a truly global endeavor By Seth Berkley

Arts & Culture A Teenager with Autism Protects the Planet, a Tale of Love and Science, and Other New Books Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American By Amy Brady

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FROM THE ARCHIVE 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 | April 2020

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