Extraterrestrial Life
JWST’s Exoplanet Images Are Just the Beginning of Astrobiology’s Future
Hints of life on distant worlds will come from signals pioneered by NASA’s jumbo space telescope
Opinion
Ethics
Amid War in Ukraine, Open-Source Intelligence Investigators Need Better Ethics
Much of the open-source intelligence (OSINT) community ignores ethical questions and the safety risks of reporting discoveries from the war in Ukraine
Mathematics
What Is Benford’s Law? Why This Unexpected Pattern of Numbers Is Everywhere
A curious mathematical phenomenon called Benford’s law governs the numbers all around us
Public Health
Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work...
Climate Change
Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better
A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment
Genetics
Strawberries Have 8 Sets of Chromosomes to Thank for Their Survival
Hidden beneath the surface of the treasured strawberry is a unique branch of the evolutionary tree, where eight sets of chromosomes are better than two
Sex & Gender
Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary
Ova don’t make a woman, and sperm don’t make a man
Space Exploration
With a Planned Moon Launch, NASA Must Put Safety First
NASA is again sending people to the moon. The agency must revamp its safety reporting procedures to protect everyone involved
Medicine
A Proposal to Change Medical Training Will Affect Autism Care
The prevalence of autism and other developmental disorders is rising. Changing who teaches early-career pediatricians about these issues will negatively affect children’s health
Health Care
Science, Not Legalized Discrimination, Should Drive Health Care Policy
A federal ruling on the ACA is threatening lifesaving medical services and prioritizing anti-LGBTQ+ bias over scientific evidence
