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July 12, 2022

Astronomy NASA Triumphantly Unveils Full Set of Webb's First Images Breathtaking pictures that include the deepest-ever infrared view of ancient galaxies offer a preview of the spectacular science in store for the most powerful space observatory in history By Lee Billings

Astronomy See the Oldest View of Our Known Universe, Just Revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope Decades of work, $10 billion in spending and nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history have brought us to this moment: the first science from the largest and most powerful observatory ever built. By Lee Billings,Jeffery DelViscio,Jason Drakeford,Tulika Bose,Sunya Bhutta,Henry DaCosta

Artificial Intelligence Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient: Why That Matters Is it possible for an artificial intelligence to be sentient? By Leonardo De Cosmo

Animals The Beaver Emerges as a 'Climate-Solving Hero' Dam-building beavers are helping stave off some of the worst effects of climate-driven droughts and floods By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Astronomy Webb's Record-Breaking First Image Shows Why We Build Telescopes A new galaxy-packed picture from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a chance to rekindle our wonder about the universe By Grant Tremblay

Vaccines Omicron's Nasty New Variants and Better Boosters to Battle Them: COVID, Quickly, Episode 34 On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the increase in new Omicron subvariants. Should fall vaccine boosters contain standard Omicron or some of those new subvariants instead? By Tanya Lewis,Josh Fischman,Tulika Bose | 07:04

Biotech Cilia Are Minuscule Wonders, and Scientists Are Finally Figuring Out How to Mimic Them A new cilia-covered chip could revolutionize portable medical diagnosis By Saugat Bolakhe

Astronomy Meet the Woman Who Makes the James Webb Space Telescope Work Jane Rigby, Webb's operations project scientist, discusses how NASA plans to wring as much science as possible from the $10-billion observatory By Lee Billings

Vaccines Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines Developing nations that desperately need these more effective vaccines are virtually locked out By Achal Prabhala

Artificial Intelligence AI Learns What an Infant Knows about the Physical World A computer model simulating how objects react to physical forces approximates how babies understand their surroundings By Dana G. Smith

FROM THE STORE Extraterrestrials and the Search for Life Do aliens exist? The enduring mystery of whether we're alone in the universe is a question that continues to drive scientific study into groundbreaking directions. This collection examines the latest thinking in the search for life, from discussing why we haven't found evidence of aliens so far to determining where and how to conduct the search to opening up the possibilities for what otherworldly life could truly look like.

FROM THE ARCHIVE Origami Observatory: Behind the Scenes with the Webb Space Telescope NASA is building an innovative and risky space telescope that promises to surpass the hugely successful Hubble. Here's an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the most audacious space project in decades By Robert Irion | October 2010

QUOTE OF THE DAY "The next great era of astronomy truly began this morning." Lee Bills, space and physics editor at Scientific American

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