Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment 
Covid clusters among the vaccinated point to rise of delta 
Israel begins investigation into NSO Group spyware abuse 
Meet the people who warn the world about new covid variants 
We just got our best-ever look at the inside of Mars 
Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment
Now, Boeing is going for a high-stakes redo of that mission. On August 3, Orbital Flight Test 2, or OFT-2,...
Covid clusters among the vaccinated point to rise of delta
They were gold miners in French Guiana, revelers in Cape Cod, and Indian health-care workers. Even though they inhabit worlds...
Israel begins investigation into NSO Group spyware abuse
“That’s true,” he said. “I believe it’s very good that they are checking, since we know the truth and we...
Meet the people who warn the world about new covid variants
In March 2020, when the WHO declared a pandemic, the public sequence database GISAID held 524 covid sequences. Over the...
We just got our best-ever look at the inside of Mars
NASA’s InSight robotic lander has just given us our first look deep inside a planet other than Earth. More than two years after...
DeepMind says it will release the structure of every protein known to science
In the last few months Baker’s team has been working with biologists who were previously stuck trying to figure out...
Podcast: Playing the job market
Increasingly, job seekers need to pass a series of ‘tests’ in the form of artificial intelligence games—just to be seen...
Why England’s sudden lifting of covid restrictions is a massive gamble
England is about to take a huge gamble. On Monday, July 19, the country is ditching all of its remaining...
How we can improve our mental health after the stress of the pandemic
Chronic stress can also alter the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s executive control center, and the amygdala, the fear and anxiety...
Facebook stops funding for brain reading computer interface
Now the answer is in—and it’s not close at all. Four years after announcing a “crazy amazing” project to build...