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How one science hub grapples with diversifying STEMExpanding diversity in STEM means better science for all. The Woods Hole research community joins the national reckoning on race.
Why coronavirus modeling is so hard to pin downWhat does the future of the COVID-19 pandemic look like? This comic shows how it depends on the model 鈥� and how people respond to it.
First LookHistoric first: SpaceX delivers US astronauts to space stationAfter Saturday's historic liftoff, the SpaceX Dragon capsule arrived at the space station Sunday and docked automatically, no human help needed.
Rocketing toward history: Why spaceflight still captivates AmericaIf successful, Wednesday鈥檚 crewed SpaceX test launch will mark the beginning of a new era for NASA and American spaceflight.
First LookSpaceX and NASA unite to return Americans to spaceOn Wednesday, collaboration between SpaceX and NASA will send two astronauts to the International Space Station, and it will be the first time that a private company operates a mission to space.
The ExplainerTracing the origins of COVID-19: Three questionsScientists are working to trace the origins of the novel coronavirus. They have a few ideas.
What day is it? Why the pandemic warps your sense of time (audio)As the global聽coronavirus pandemic wears on, are the days and weeks blurring together for you? If so, you鈥檙e not alone.聽
At home with Galileo: Simple science for cooped-up kidsIn this simple experiment, kid scientists can test for themselves聽the聽idea that the heavier something is, the faster it falls.
鈥楶sst! The poachers are coming.鈥� How tiny birds tip off rhinos.Even some mighty creatures get by better with a little help from their friends. In Africa, tiny birds are helping black rhinos avoid poachers.
First LookApollo 13 turns 50: The space mission that gripped the worldAstronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise聽reminisce about NASA's "most successful failure" as their mission launch turns 50 on April 11. With calm, ingenuity, and "some divine help," its safe return to Earth after an explosion in space聽is still considered Mission Control's finest hour.
COVID-19 models vary widely. What that means for leaders under pressure.Projections of COVID-19 fatality rates have varied dramatically. Understanding the underlying assumptions that led to those conclusions can help.
Heads up, maple leaf. Canada鈥檚 eyeing another national icon.In Canada, a contest for a national lichen has shone a new light on ecology at a time when many residents are finding a renewed embrace of nature.
Hypersonic missiles may be unstoppable. Is society ready?Hypersonic missiles raise ethical questions about how the military could use machine learning, as the U.S., Russia, and China develop new weapons.
Freezing point: An icy pick-me-upWater and ice are many children鈥檚 first introduction to chemical phase changes. But sometimes even familiar substances behave in unexpected ways.
66-million-year-old 鈥榳onderchicken鈥� offers lesson in resilienceA 66-million-year-old fossil could help explain why some species survived the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Science says rats can be kind. Here鈥檚 why that matters.Far from merciless, rats, it seems, will go out of their way to avoid harming each other. The animal kingdom may be more empathetic than people think.
Why your next lithium battery might come from the USSeveral energy companies are focusing on the vast underground geothermal reservoir at California鈥檚 Salton Sea as a domestic source of lithium.
Coronavirus puts health officials on messaging tightropeIs it already a 鈥減andemic鈥� or not? Such questions of messaging have new importance as social networks amplify or distort science-based news.
Science NotebookKatherine Johnson: Remembering a brilliant mathematician, role modelKatherine Johnson blazed a trail into STEM for women and minorities through a three-decades long career at NASA.
First LookKatherine Johnson: NASA math whiz and pioneer for black women"Katherine Johnson's courage ... and her grace continue to inspire the world," wrote NASA's chief. She was a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits. Her work for NASA partly inspired the film "Hidden Figures."