Astronomers Grapple with JWST's Discovery of Early Galaxies

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December 06, 2022

Cosmology Astronomers Grapple with JWST's Discovery of Early Galaxies Researchers are convinced the James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed an unexpected population of galaxies in the early universe. Now they're trying to decide what this means for our understanding of the cosmos By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Astronomy Construction of World's Largest Radio Observatory Is Finally Under Way Two giant telescopes—one in Australia, the other in South Africa—will comprise the supersensitive Square Kilometer Array By Sarah Wild,Nature magazine

Vaccines How Vaccines Saved Money and Lives, and China's Zero-COVID Protests: COVID, Quickly Podcast, Episode 44 Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies. By Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Tulika Bose,Jeffery DelViscio | 07:36

Sponsor Content Provided by American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science This scientist's gut told him to look after yours. Prof. Eran Elinav, a pioneer of microbiome research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, is uncovering the role of the intestinal microbiome in diseases such as diabetes, ALS, and cancer. That takes guts – plus curiosity, dedication, and brilliance.

Automobiles Forest Service to Explore a New Frontier--Electric Trucks As part of the push to electrify government fleets, employees at three national forests will test out Ford F-150 Lightnings for field operations in rugged and remote areas By Andres Picon,E&E News

Astronomy NASA's Plan to Make JWST Data Immediately Available Will Hurt Astronomy By releasing astronomers' data before they've had a chance to analyze the information, NASA will make research less fair and equitable By Jason Wright

Sex & Gender A Question of Sex Watch this documentary series about how gender and sex biases skew science By Meghan McDonough

Pollution Los Angeles Bans New Oil Wells, Plans to Close Existing Ones The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday to ban new oil and gas wells in the city and eventually close existing ones By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Epidemiology Why Did Flu Season Start So Early This Year? Reduced population immunity resulting from COVID precautions, and a phenomenon called viral interference, may have influenced this flu season's early start By Mariana Lenharo

Computing Discovery Helps Computers Draw Intricate Two-Dimensional Animations A new algorithm solves the long-standing "hidden line problem" of computer graphics By Lyndie Chiou

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