Health and Medicine Routine vaccinations during a pandemic – benefit or risk? Scientists used a mathematical model to work out the risks and benefits if health systems sustain their routine vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Technology How can rescuers quickly find people lost at sea? Scientists created a new method of using information about the ocean to help rescuers find missing people quickly.
Health and Medicine How is asthma related to the neighborhood you live in? Researchers wanted to find out if a discriminatory system from 85 years ago might relate to asthma rates in “lower grade” neighborhoods in US cities.
Physical Science How can dust make planets more suitable for life? Astronomers looking for habitable planets outside the Solar System discovered that dust might play an important role.
Biodiversity and Conservation How do corals spread in the deep sea? Scientists wanted to know how seamounts affect populations of deep sea corals.
Biodiversity and Conservation What happens to sea lampreys if catfish move in? Scientists wanted to know if catfish, introduced into rivers by people, are a threat to native lampreys.