Meet the Giant Sequoia, the 'Super Tree' Built to Withstand Fire

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July 15, 2022

Conservation Meet the Giant Sequoia, the 'Super Tree' Built to Withstand Fire Mammoth redwood trees have evolved along with fire, but humans are disrupting that delicate balance By Andrea Thompson

Vaccines 5 Things to Know about Monkeypox From symptoms, vaccines and treatment, here are some fast facts about Monkeypox By Tanya Lewis,Tulika Bose,Michael Tabb

Robotics People Come to Grips with Having an Extra Pair of Arms--in VR New experiments show simulated robotic limbs can feel like a part of our own body with a little practice By Sasha Warren

Climate Change The Clean Air Act Is a Model for Protections We Need More than Ever The Clean Air Act, now undermined by the Supreme Court, exemplifies how the U.S. government once tackled "major questions"—and could again By Beth Gardiner

Astronomy How Taking Pictures of 'Nothing' Changed Astronomy Deep-field images of "empty" regions of the sky from Webb and other space telescopes are revealing more of the universe than we ever thought possible By Fabio Pacucci

Epidemiology U.S. Monkeypox Response Has Been Woefully Inadequate, Experts Say Testing bottlenecks and vaccine rollout problems have let the monkeypox virus spread unchecked, echoing the mistakes of the U.S. COVID response By Tanya Lewis

Behavior Digital Literacy Doesn't Stop the Spread of Misinformation Just because you can spot falsehoods doesn't mean you won't share them By David Rand,Nathaniel Sirlin

Climate Change It's Getting Harder for Forests to Recover from Disasters As the world warms, forests are becoming less resilient in the face of fires, droughts and other disruptive events By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Space Exploration Astronauts Will Wear These Spacesuits on the Moon--And Maybe Mars, Too The suits, supplied by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, will be used in NASA's upcoming Artemis lunar missions and will protect space travellers from micrometeoroids, moon dust and even vomit By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Animals Head-Banging Woodpeckers Could Give Themselves a Concussion Every Day: Here's How They Avoid It These avian tree drillers do tricks to protect their noggin. Meanwhile snapping shrimp avoid the problem with external eye goggles By Viviane Callier

FROM THE STORE The Age of Humans Humans have accomplished a great deal in our relatively short history - and have left our mark on Earth in the process. In this eBook, we examine the story of us: how we got here, the world we've built and how we'll need to continue to adapt if we are to manage our impact on the planet and build a better future. *Editor's Note: This Collector's Edition was published as The Age of Humans. The eBook adaptation contains all of the articles, but some of the artwork has been removed to optimize viewing on tablet devices.

FROM THE ARCHIVE Wildfires Are Putting Giant Sequoias at Existential Risk The future of these guardians of the forest, some thousands of years old, is not assured By Dominic Smith,Andrew Robinson | December 2021

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