The Atlantic - Science

You Got the Vaccine! What Can You Do Now?

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:55:39 GMT

A guide to America’s awkward, semi-vaccinated monthshtml

Coronavirus Reinfection Will Soon Become Our Reality

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:04:12 GMT

The virus can take many paths to reinvading a person’s body. Most of them shouldn’t scare us.html

The Mediterranean’s Red Gold Is Running Out

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:38:54 GMT

For centuries, red coral was traded all over the world. Now it’s disappearing.html

The Weekly Planet: The Great Climate Bill of 2021 Is Being Shaped Now

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:29:47 GMT

The game before the game has started.html

Mars Has Never Felt Closer to Home

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:54:55 GMT

NASA has captured the first real glimpse into what it’s like to land on the red planet.html

A New Era of Black Holes Is Here

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:25:29 GMT

Astronomers have discovered a black-hole treasure trove that is changing our view of the cosmos.html

A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:25:07 GMT

Families will gather. Restaurants will reopen. People will travel. The pandemic may feel like it’s behind us—even if it’s not.html

Scientists Really, Really Want a Piece of Mars

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:06:05 GMT

A new NASA rover has jumpstarted an intense effort to finally bring home a pristine sample from the red planet.html

Delay a Shot? Skip One? Vaccine-Dosing Messaging Is a Nightmare.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:55:41 GMT

Vaccine regimens need both science and public trust to succeed.html

The Weekly Planet: The Big Idea From Bill Gates’s New Climate Book

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 23:45:27 GMT

Call it the “Gates Rule.”html

Life Is Tough for Teenage Parasites

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:36:13 GMT

For a deep-sea parasitic worm, the epic journey to adulthood starts in a fish’s intestines.html

An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:46:21 GMT

When mackerel started showing up in Iceland, it started a decade-long fight over how to divide the ocean’s riches.html

The Body Is Far From Helpless Against Coronavirus Variants

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:19:47 GMT

The virus is evolving, but the antibodies that fight it can change, too.html

The Pandemic’s Deadly Winter Surge Is Rapidly Easing

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:36 GMT

Cases are down 57 percent from the country’s all-time peak in early January, according to the COVID Tracking Project.html

Leave Your Antibodies Alone

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:00:02 GMT

Antibody tests can determine whether your immune system has seen the coronavirus before—and not much else.html

The Weekly Planet: Hail! It’s America’s Most Underrated Climate Risk

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:10:01 GMT

It’s smashing, in the bad way.html

The Pandemic Can End Without Herd Immunity

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:22:11 GMT

The new variants are rewriting the pandemic’s end—but it can still end.html

‘It Seems That I Know How the Universe Originated’

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:09:05 GMT

The theoretical physicist Andrei Linde may have the world’s most expansive conception of what infinity looks like.html

We Broke Phosphorus

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:00:03 GMT

Humanity is flushing away one of life’s essential elements.html

A Super Bowl Ad That the Biden Presidency Made Possible

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 20:47:17 GMT

GM has cast its electric vehicles as normal American cars, in a normal Super Bowl ad. Here are seven ways to think about that.html