Rubric 01
Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
217Science
Cats and Humans Co-Evolve in Modern Households
Cats and Humans Co Evolve in Modern Households Satellites orbiting Earth capture the glow of city lights at night, mapping where human activity concentrates. Those same maps reveal something unexpected: the brightest...
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218Science
mRNA flu vaccine outperforms traditional shots in trial
mRNA flu vaccine outperforms traditional shots in trial For decades, the flu shot has been a gamble. Each spring, scientists must predict which viral strains will dominate the coming winter. They place their bets months...
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219Science
Galactic Core Formation Model Rewritten by New Simulation
Galactic Core Formation Model Rewritten by New Simulation For decades, astronomers assumed the centers of galaxies were relatively simple places. A supermassive black hole sat at the heart, surrounded by a dense swarm...
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220Science
Gene-edited beagles offer hope for dog allergy sufferers
Gene edited beagles offer hope for dog allergy sufferers For millions of people, the choice has always been painful: live with a dog and suffer the sneezing, the itching, the watery eyes or give up on canine...
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221Science
The Neuroscience of Horror Films in Virtual Reality
The Neuroscience of Horror Films in Virtual Reality The paradox begins with a simple question: how do you study the brain's response to trauma without inflicting trauma? For decades, the answer has been controlled...
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222Science
Polarization persists despite steady science trust
Polarization persists despite steady science trust A thermostat works by detecting a gap between the current temperature and the desired one, then activating a response to close that gap. Political polarization behaves...
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223Science
Yeast engineered to produce cancer drug precursors
Yeast engineered to produce cancer drug precursors For decades, producing two essential cancer medications has been a bottleneck. The drugs etoposide and teniposide treat cancers of the lung, blood, and other organs,...
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224Science
A New Golden Age or a Narrow One
A New Golden Age or a Narrow One The White House's vision for American science rests on a fundamental choice about how research should be funded. One approach prioritizes applied technology and engineering, betting that...
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225Science
Severe COVID Reactivates Dormant Viruses Linked to Long COVID
Severe COVID Reactivates Dormant Viruses Linked to Long COVID A dormant virus is a quiet passenger. It sits inside human cells for decades, causing no harm, waiting. For most of medical history, scientists believed this...
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226Science
Science must prove its value as trust fades
Science must prove its value as trust fades For generations, the relationship between governments and the scientific community rested on a remarkably simple handshake. The public, through taxation, would fund research....
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227Science
Desert dunes transform into seasonal lagoons in Brazil
Desert dunes transform into seasonal lagoons in Brazil Most people come to northeastern Brazil looking for beaches. Scientists came looking for sand. What they found instead was a landscape that defies every rule of...
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228Science
Mars Loses Atmosphere to Giant Solar Wind Waves
Mars Loses Atmosphere to Giant Solar Wind Waves For decades, scientists have understood that Mars has a thin atmosphere, a weakness that makes it vulnerable to the solar wind. The prevailing theory painted a picture of...
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