Lucy, the First Mission to Jupiter's Asteroids, Could Reveal Solar System Origins

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October 19, 2021

Planetary Science Lucy, the First Mission to Jupiter's Asteroids, Could Reveal Solar System Origins The NASA spacecraft will loop past the never-before-explored 'Trojan' asteroids during a 12-year journey By Alexandra Witze,Nature magazine

Climate Change Heat Waves in Seville Will be Named and Ranked Like Hurricanes The city is the first to undertake such a scheme, in an effort to better warn residents of the health threats from heat By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Health Care Many Doctors are Switching to Concierge Medicine, Exacerbating Physician Shortages Practices that charge sometimes hefty membership fees promise more personalized care. But the high costs and low patient volumes may limit access for everyone By Michelle Konstantinovsky

Astrophysics The Solar System's Mysterious Magnetic Fields Most of our neighboring planets have magnetic fields, but scientists do not fully understand how they arise By Clara Moskowitz,Mark Belan

Artificial Intelligence 'Small Data' Is Also Crucial for Machine Learning The most promising AI approach you've never heard of doesn't need to go big By Husanjot Chahal,Helen Toner

Medicine Gene Therapy Is Coming of Age Various approaches are approved for treating blood cancers and a few rare disorders—they may soon become standard care By Lauren Gravitz

Medicine The Definition of Gene Therapy Has Changed Over the past few years, the discipline has evolved in significant ways By Esther Landhuis

Particle Physics Unexplained Results Intrigue Physicists at World's Largest Particle Collider Muons and electrons might not experience the same fundamental interactions, contrary to Standard Model predictions By Daniel Garisto

Pollution Forever Chemicals Are Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water Experts hope that with the incoming Biden administration, the federal government will finally regulate a class of chemicals known as PFASs By Annie Sneed

Geology Largest Known Undersea Volcanic Eruption Explains Odd Seismic Waves  Researchers tie the event to "swarm quakes" off the French island of Mayotte By Daniel Lingenhöhl

Drug Use Cigarette Smoke Kills Eye Cells A new study reveals how tobacco from traditional or noncombusted cigarettes kills corneal cells By Nikk Ogasa

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Violent Biography of Our Solar System New evidence suggests the solar system's early eras were defined by wandering worlds and staggering displays of interplanetary destruction By Konstantin Batygin,Gregory Laughlin,Alessandro Morbidelli | May 2016

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