Einstein's Greatest Theory Just Passed Its Most Rigorous Test Yet

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September 15, 2022

Astrophysics Einstein's Greatest Theory Just Passed Its Most Rigorous Test Yet The MICROSCOPE mission tested the weak equivalence principle with free-falling objects in a satellite By Robert Lea,SPACE.com

Paleontology The Oldest 3-D Heart from Our Vertebrate Ancestors Has Been Discovered Fish fossils from Western Australia preserve the oldest 3-D hearts, livers, stomachs and intestines in a jawed vertebrate By Stephanie Pappas

Archaeology Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic By Francine Russo

Cosmology JWST's First Glimpses of Early Galaxies Could Break Cosmology The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the distant universe shocked astronomers. Is the discovery of unimaginably distant galaxies a mirage, or a revolution? By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Animals Most Pets Can't Sweat: Here's What You Can Do for Them in a Heat Wave  Austrian veterinarian Michael Leschnik explains why high temperatures put a strain on pets. Pugs, bulldogs and Persian cats have a particularly tough time By Stella Marie Hombach

Climate Change U.N. Calls for Climate Alert Systems Worldwide in 5 Years Early-warning systems for heat waves, floods and other hazards can save lives and property across the planet By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Extraterrestrial Life Frank Drake's Courageous Questions Live On Drake’s curiosity and ambition turned the search for extraterrestrial intelligence into the scientific venture it is today By Yuri Milner

Animals How Sea Creatures Pack a Tiny Propulsive Sting New work explains “one of nature’s most exquisite biological micro-machines” By Viviane Callier

Neuroscience U.S. Kids Are Falling behind Global Competition, but Brain Science Shows How to Catch Up Paid parental leave and high-quality child care improve children’s brain development and prospects for a better future By Dana Suskind,Lydia Denworth

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