A Stunning Image Shows Stars Aligned for the James Webb Space Telescope

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March 24, 2022

Astrophysics A Stunning Image Shows Stars Aligned for the James Webb Space Telescope With its mirrors now focused, the observatory's science instruments are now being readied for work By Elizabeth Howell,SPACE.com

Space Exploration Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Soars on 22nd Red Planet Flight The aircraft's sorties are helping NASA's Perseverance rover scout a path into an ancient Martian river delta By Mike Wall,SPACE.com

Climate Change Some Good News About Corals and Climate Change A nearly two-year-long study of Hawaiian corals suggests some species may be better equipped to handle warmer, more acidic waters than previously believed. By Christopher Intagliata | 01:56

Public Health COVID Is Here to Stay How do we live with it? By Christine Crudo Blackburn

Evolution Snakes' and Lizards' Slow and Steady Evolution Won the Race A related lineage's explosive growth leaves just one descendant today By Riley Black

Arts Earth's Sonic Diversity, Secret Bird Scents, Pandemic-Inspired Sci-Fi, and More Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American By Amy Brady

Fossil Fuels The U.S. and Europe Are Looking for a Path to Cut Russian Fuel "Our climate goals may well be another victim of Russia's aggression," says Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency By Sara Schonhardt,Scott Waldman,E&E News

Basic Chemistry See Crystals Form a Mesmerizing World of Microscopic Landscapes A pandemic micrography project By Joanna Thompson

Climate Change Public Housing to Receive Efficiency Upgrades as Part of Energy Department Experiment Retrofitting older buildings with heat pumps and insulation would reduce energy costs and carbon emissions By John Fialka,E&E News

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The James Webb Space Telescope Has Launched: Now Comes the Hard Part After years of delay, the most ambitious observatory ever built has at last left Earth. It now faces a high-stakes series of deployments in deep space By Richard Panek | December 2021

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