The Physics and Hype of Hypersonic Weapons

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August 23, 2021

Astrophysics The Physics and Hype of Hypersonic Weapons These novel missiles cannot live up to the grand promises made on their behalf, aerodynamics shows By David Wright,Cameron Tracy

Weather How Warming Is Affecting Northern Storms Like Henri Tropical cyclones are wandering further north and maintaining high intensity By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Inequality Policies Mandated by Multilateral Institutions Are Contributing to India's COVID Catastrophe The World Bank's and the International Monetary Fund's pressure to privatize India's health care system deepened inequities in access—to lethal effect By Puja Changoiwala

Black Holes Singularities Can Exist Outside Black Holes--in Other Universes Recent work has shown how "naked singularities" might defy the cosmic censorship conjecture By Brendan Z. Foster

Climate Change Carbon Dividends: A Win-Win for People and for the Climate Putting a price on emissions and sending the proceeds to the public is a sound environmental and economic strategy By James K. Boyce

Ethics The FDA Should Remove Its Restrictions on the 'Abortion Pill' Mifepristone The science is clear: abortion by medication is safe and effective By Kelly Cleland

Culture Poem: 'Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907)' Science in meter and verse By Jessy Randall

Materials Science A Flexible Fabric Could Harden into a Temporary House or Bridge Ancient chain mail served as an inspiration for a highly unusual material that might one day lead to such applications By Lars Fischer

Health Care Years Before COVID-19, Zombies Helped Prepare One Hospital System for the Real Pandemic An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real By Maddie Bender | 05:46

Vaccines Should You Get a Booster Shot? Here's What We Know Experts weigh in on common questions about whether and when additional doses of coronavirus vaccines may be needed By Tanya Lewis

Basic Chemistry The Science inside Your Ice Cream A new video series from Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft gives you a serving of science. By Spektrum,Scientific American Staff

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Space & Physics, Volume 4, Issue 4

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