The James Webb Space Telescope Could Solve One of Cosmology's Deepest Mysteries

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January 25, 2022

Cosmology The James Webb Space Telescope Could Solve One of Cosmology's Deepest Mysteries The observatory's unprecedented infrared measurements might at last bridge a growing rift between astronomers over how fast the universe is expanding By Daniel Leonard

Astronomy Webb Telescope Reaches Its Final Destination Far from Earth The ambitious observatory has arrived at its home—near a gravitationally stable spot called L2—for a premier view of the universe By Alexandra Witze,Nature magazine

Epidemiology Dangerous Flu Comeback Expected atop COVID This Winter COVID shutdowns limited the spread of influenza in 2019–2020. Several factors could mean this season will be more severe By Tara Haelle

Behavior Schoolkids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation and Conspiracy Fantasies Although children are prime targets, educators cannot figure out how best to teach them to separate fact from fiction By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Medicine Why Omicron Is Putting More Kids in the Hospital The huge jump in cases means more hospitalizations. And children's small airways can be more easily blocked by infections By Marla Broadfoot

Climate Change Tiger Sharks, Tracked Over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts With Ocean Warming Using a combination of fishing data and satellite tracking, scientists found that the sharks have shifted their range some 250 miles poleward over the last 40 years.  By Christopher Intagliata | 02:23

Climate Change How Biden Could Close Coal Plants without Carbon Regulations The Environmental Protection Agency is looking at achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions by targeting other pollutants By Jean Chemnick,Hannah Northey,Sean Reilly,E&E News

Vaccines How Immunocompromised People without Strong Vaccine Protection Are Coping with COVID People with diseases or treatments that suppress their immune system cannot count on the same protection most vaccinated people have By Tanya Lewis

Education Teaching about Racism Is Essential for Education Lessons about racial injustice help students understand reality By The Editors

Conservation Track New Zealand's Bid to Take Back Nature The country's audacious predator-eradication drive gains ground By Katie Peek

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Space & Physics, Volume 5, Issue 1

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Cosmic Conflict: Diverging Data on Universe's Expansion Polarizes Scientists A disagreement between two canonical measures of intergalactic distances could signal a renaissance in physics—or deep flaws in our studies of cosmic evolution By Lee Billings | May 2018

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