Meet the Woman Who Makes the James Webb Space Telescope Work

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July 11, 2022

Astronomy Meet the Woman Who Makes the James Webb Space Telescope Work Jane Rigby, Webb's operations project scientist, discusses how NASA plans to wring as much science as possible from the $10-billion observatory By Lee Billings

Astronomy The James Webb Space Telescope The most powerful observatory ever made promises to produce some of the most incredible discoveries of our lifetime and beyond

Animals The Beaver Emerges as a 'Climate-Solving Hero' Dam-building beavers are helping stave off some of the worst effects of climate-driven droughts and floods By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Biotech Cilia Are Minuscule Wonders, and Scientists Are Finally Figuring Out How to Mimic Them A new cilia-covered chip could revolutionize portable medical diagnosis By Saugat Bolakhe

Vaccines Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines Developing nations that desperately need these more effective vaccines are virtually locked out By Achal Prabhala

Neurology Why Do Mental Illnesses--From Depression to Schizophrenia--Raise the Risk of Dementia? A combination of biological and social factors most likely explain the strong connection By Claudia Wallis

Climate Change Science Needs to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint Greenhouse gas emissions from research damage climate By Naomi Oreskes

Artificial Intelligence AI Learns What an Infant Knows about the Physical World A computer model simulating how objects react to physical forces approximates how babies understand their surroundings By Dana G. Smith

Pharmaceuticals Birth Control Pills Are Safe and Simple: Why Do They Require a Prescription? The risks associated with hormonal contraception are lower than the risk of pregnancy itself and comparable to those of other over-the-counter drugs By Mariana Lenharo

FROM THE STORE Extraterrestrials and the Search for Life Do aliens exist? The enduring mystery of whether we're alone in the universe is a question that continues to drive scientific study into groundbreaking directions. This collection examines the latest thinking in the search for life, from discussing why we haven't found evidence of aliens so far to determining where and how to conduct the search to opening up the possibilities for what otherworldly life could truly look like.

FROM THE ARCHIVE What Will NASA's Biggest-Ever Space Telescope Study First? To fully utilize the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope, researchers will have to squeeze a generation of scientific studies into the multibillion-dollar observatory's short lifetime By Lee Billings | December 2017

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