Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down

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June 17, 2022

Space Exploration Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down The pioneering probes are still running after nearly 45 years in space, but they will soon lose some of their instruments By Tim Folger

Pharmaceuticals New COVID Drugs Face Delays as Trials Get Harder to Do The success of vaccines has reduced the pool of people available for studies, among other factors By Saima May Sidik,Nature magazine

Cancer How Skin Cancer Rates Vary across the Globe This leading cancer affects some populations and regions much more than others By Clara Moskowitz

Endangered Species Secret Polar Bear Population Is Found Living in a Seemingly Impossible Habitat The discovery provides a glimmer of hope for the iconic white bears By Harry Baker,LiveScience

Pollution Racism Drives Environmental Inequality--But Most Americans Don't Realize Survey finds that most people think poverty is why pollution disproportionately affects Black people, despite evidence that racism is the major cause By Brittney J. Miller,Nature magazine

Astronomy Betelgeuse 'Great Dimming' Mystery Solved by Satellite Photobomb Images from Japan's Himawari-8 spacecraft shed light on the red supergiant star's remarkable fading By Allison Gasparini

Ecology How Culturally Significant Mammals Tell the Story of Social Ascension for Black Americans Juneteenth offers an opportunity to reflect on the wildlife linked to a people's transformation By Nyeema C. Harris

Ecology Redwoods Grow Weird Leaves to Suck Water from Air Here's how they choose the right leaf for the job By Ula Chrobak

Fossil Fuels If Electric Vehicles Don't Cut CO2 Fast Enough, These Fuels Might Help Department of Energy researchers say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved By John Fialka,E&E News

FROM THE STORE Revolutions in Science Normally science proceeds in incremental steps, but sometimes a discovery is so profound that it causes a paradigm shift. This eBook is a collection of articles about those kinds of advances, including revolutionary discoveries about the origin of life, theories of learning, formation of the solar system and more. *Editor's Note: Revolutions in Science was originally published as a Collector's Edition. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on mobile devices.

FROM THE ARCHIVE How the Voyager Spacecraft Changed the World: An Interview with Scientist Jim Bell In his new book Bell, who has sent probes to explore distant planets, tells how two craft carrying messages for extraterrestrials have journeyed farther from Earth than any other By Clara Moskowitz | February 2015

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