New Horizons Newsroom 2021

Researchers and journalists offer surprising guidance for covering science and race To improve coverage of issues at the intersection of race and science, journalists—particularly those of color—should not only address the nation’s racial reckoning in their ...

Long COVID can take more than your breath away COVID-19 has swept across the globe, taking the lives of millions in under two years. Hundreds of millions more have survived infection, but are still living with persistent health...

Wildfires threaten human health Wildfires burning in the western U.S. are sending smoke into communities far from the fires themselves, creating hazardous air for days or weeks at a time. A lot of people are wond...

Experts call on U.S. to end China Initiative, up counterspy game without racial profiling Scientists and civil rights advocates are calling on the U.S. government to end its China Initiative and find ways to combat economic, industrial, scientific, and technical espiona...

Asteroid missions probe diverse questions, from planetary defense to the origin of life Asteroids—and how to get to them—have been the major focus of Dan Scheeres’s three-decade–long career. The aerospace engineer spoke Oct. 5 about the current state of astero...

Neurological complications of COVID-19 can persist for three months or more Coronaviruses and brain and nervous system disorders go hand in glove, says Dr. Avindra Nath, senior investigator and clinical director of the U.S. National Institute of Neurologic...

Changes to ethics guidelines allow scientists to take a closer look at our beginnings Recent changes to guidelines that restrict how long scientists can grow human embryos in a laboratory could lead to a clearer understanding of genetic abnormalities and diseases. T...

Novel brain research could feed misplaced sci-fi worries for the public New techniques for studying incurable brain diseases use neural organoids, lab-grown nerve tissue derived from stem cells. Others use animal embryos injected with stem cells to cre...

When science outpaces bioethics, public engagement can help Embryos with both human and monkey cells. Mouse brains containing human stem cells. Synthetic embryos so convincing they fool pregnancy tests. These may sound like vignettes from t...

Scientists model ice sheets to better understand the future of global sea level rise Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are major sources of rising global sea levels and are likely to become even larger contributors in the coming decades. Despite this, ...

Journalists and researchers share challenge of spotlighting connections between health and racism Researchers and journalists who work to expose the roots of unequal health burdens in the United States share a special burden themselves, science writers learned during a workshop...

Studies on cause of Long COVID on track, says researcher Researchers are competing against time to understand the causes of “Long COVID,” an array of symptoms reported by a number of patients months after a COVID-19 infection. Unders...

Computer scientist studies insect swarms to guide robot design Orit Peleg is no stereotypical computer scientist. She tends honeybee hives and travels in search of fireflies. Her computer models aim to capture the complexity of animals that be...

Many immunocompromised patients responding poorly to COVID vaccination More and stronger vaccines are needed to give immunocompromised patients the ability to fight COVID-19 infections more effectively, says Avindra Nath, clinical director of the US N...

Janus asteroid mission will open a new class of lower-cost space exploration The Janus dual space probe that launches next year on a mission to unravel the evolutionary mysteries of two binary asteroids carries a price tag that’s less than one-tenth t...