It has taken eight months to test and calibrate all of the instruments and modes of the James Webb Space Telescope. A scientist on the team explains what it took to get Webb up and running.
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An increasing number of college students say they were victims or perpetrators of sexual assault – and that victims were drunk when the assault took place. Are campus drinking environments to blame?
Skin grafts for severe burn injuries may require multiple operations over the course of a lifetime to address crippling scars.
In trying to present violent events in ‘neutral’ language, media reports may be ignoring power imbalances when it comes to Israeli police or military violence against Palestinian civilians.
Sagittarius A* is a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Now that astronomers have imaged it, they can begin to learn more about black holes within other galaxies across the universe.
The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western US, but falling water levels threaten both of those resources.
Fire season is getting longer, and the result is transforming iconic desert ecosystems. The start to 2022 has been so dire, one governor called for a federal disaster declaration.
This year, two groups of astronomers plan to send messages containing information about humans and the location of Earth toward parts of space they think may be home to intelligent life.
The guilty verdict on Blaise Compaoré should be celebrated as a landmark victory for democracy and peoples’ movements in Africa.
Keeping landscapes connected can help protect wild animals and plants. In the US Southwest, border wall construction is closing off corridors that jaguars and other at-risk species use.
Rocks deposited by vanishing glaciers in the Southern Alps thousands of years ago hold climate clues about the past, painting a bleak picture about the long-term survival of alpine ice in New Zealand.
The astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey for the 2020s lays out plans to search for life on distant planets, understand the formation of galaxies and solve deep mysteries of physics.
As war begins between Ukraine and Russia, a range of stories provides context to help readers understand the conflict.
A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.
National security professionals and armchair sleuths alike are taking advantage of vast amounts of publicly available information and software tools to monitor geopolitical events around the world.
You have a finely honed sense of privacy in the physical world. But the sights and sounds you encounter online don’t help you detect risks and can even lull you into a false sense of security.
Two years of pandemic have put a severe strain on the mental health of America’s workers. Employers with a plan in place will be best equipped to help them cope.
Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon all experienced big increases in both deposits and lending shortly after legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
With about 200 orbital launches scheduled and ambitious missions on everything from lunar bases to the search for life in the works, there’s a lot to watch in 2022. An astronomer explains the highlights.
Groundwater is the second-largest store of water on Earth. Governments and industry use groundwater reservoirs to store waste, but it may also have environmental functions that haven’t been revealed.
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Assistant Professor of Ecology, Management and Restoration of Rangelands, University of Arizona
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Director of the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona
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JASPER Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona
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Professor of Physics, University of Arizona
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Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Director of the Center for Trust Studies, Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Arizona
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Research Scientist, University of Arizona
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Professor of Environmental Science and Director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
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Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Arizona
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Indigenous Governance Program Manager and Professor of Practice, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Practice, W.A. Franke Honors College / Philosophy Department, University of Arizona
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Arizona
