
DAILY DOSE: FDA approval of Narcan is a turning point in the opioid crisis; Elon Musk et al sound the alarm over AI development.
SCINQ BASICS: Life without salt would be bland and miserable.
Fatal Jump: Tracking the Origins of Pandemics (Excerpt).
DAILY DOSE: Chang’e-5 rover samples lead to discovery of abundant source of water on the moon; Asian-Americans still struggling a century after a landmark Supreme Court decision.
EXPEDITIONS: The Galileo Museum has it all – telescopes, a jovilabe, and Galileo’s middle finger (maybe the one he gave the Vatican?).

Researchers gave Covid-19 patients the max dose possible of Ivermectin. It failed (again).

World Health Organization calls into question Chinese scientists’ credibility over released-then-reconcealed Covid-19 origins data.

EXPEDITIONS: Zhouzhuang is more than the Venice of the East. It’s a wonder in its own right.

DATA DEPENDENT: The Best and Brightest from the 2023 NFL Combine (with explanations of why the events matter).

FOOD EXPEDITIONS: Hainanese chicken rice is loved all over Southeast Asia and for good reason. It’s delish.

The Big Question: Dean Falk on Homo sapiens sharing the planet with a future Homo species.

Super Bowl LVII: Everything from the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 Win Against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Big Question: Jocelyn Maclure on the Role of the Scientist In Society.

SCI-NY: Winter in NY and the Little Plant That Could.

Conversations with Leslie Kean: Coming to terms with unidentified aerial phenomena and embracing the unknown.

SCI-NY: The pretty poisonous plant on the walk home.

The Exchange: Stella Donnelly and Michela Corsini on the influence of noise on urban evolution and the differences in audience behavior.

REBEL, REBEL: Vera Rubin was overlooked by the Nobel Committee but revered by the rest of us.

SPORTS: Revisiting Iga Świątek’s 2022 annus mirabilis.

THE BIG QUESTION: Francis Fallon on the Role of the Scientist in Society.

THE BIG QUESTION: Daniel Hutto on the Role of the Scientist In Society.

Conversations with Director Rory Kennedy: On shooting “The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari.”

THE BIG QUESTION: Massimo Pigliucci on the Role of the Scientist in Society.

THE BIG QUESTION: Wendy Turgeon on the Role of the Scientist in Society.

SCI-NY: Fallen leaves, clever trees, and stockpiling for the winter.

FOOD EXPEDITIONS: Potjiekos – South Africa’s one pot wonder.

THE BIG QUESTION: Subrena E. Smith – What is the role of the scientist in society?

DATA DEPENDENT: Who is the most valuable 2022 World Cup team? Does money equal success in Qatar?

SPORTS: The World Cup in the Qatar desert would have been surrounded by greenery thousands of years ago.

Conversations with Modupe Akinola: On coaching Chris Hemsworth through the most stressful situations during “Limitless”

SCI-NY: Where do those amazing NYC tree colors come from?

SPORTS: Yellow fuzz and the enduring mystery of tennis ball aerodynamics.

Embryos’ development is delayed in pregnancies that end in miscarriage

Biochar and energy from pyrolysis can pave the way for carbon-neutral agriculture in China

New ways to measure curls and kinks could make it easier to care for natural hair

Two meteorites are providing a detailed look into outer space

Finger-prick test developed for ‘trich’ a common, undiagnosed STI

Bodies of people with mental illness are biologically older than their actual age

‘Nano inks’ could passively control temperature in buildings, cars

A hatred of specific, everyday sounds may be more common than we think

Road noise makes your blood pressure rise – literally

Cautious approach advised for use of analgesics for low back pain
