Jo Craven McGinty

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship wsj.com/world/americas… via @WSJ

In a first, astronomers watched a rogue planet in the Milky Way consume six billion tons of gas and dust per second, a rate never before seen. @eniiler reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/space-… via @WSJ

A trio of professors in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit. @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/science/nobel-… via @WSJ

How many meaningful social relationships can a human brain handle? One scientist has an answer. @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/science/social… via @WSJ

The Trump administration is considering delaying the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Doctors warn a delay would lead to more childhood cases and, ultimately, deaths. @rddysum ready reports for @WSJ wsj.com/health/wellnes…

Jane Goodall, the English primatologist and anthropologist who was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at age 91 wsj.com/science/jane-g… via @WSJ

Scientists have solved the puzzling origin story of the modern spud: “We revealed that tomato is the mother of potato” @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/potato… via @WSJ

Researchers applied modern-day tools of epidemiology to trace how rumors provoked the “Great Fear” of the French Revolution—possibly offering insight into how unrest erupts today. @eniiler reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/french… via @WSJ

How tall is your running shoe? Thick foams and stiff plates confer a biomechanical advantage—but as sneakers grow higher, are there implications for our running experience? @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJFOE wsj.com/tech/running-s… via @WSJ

Science Shorts: NASA announced it has found potential evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. Is it another false alarm? @eniiler for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/space-… via @WSJ

Squirrels developed a surprising (and human-like) trait over millions of years that is a key to their abundance. @NidhiSubs reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/rodent… via @WSJ

Exclusive: RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies. @l_e_whyte and @NidhiSubs report wsj.com/health/healthc… via @WSJ

Ancient teeth unearthed in eastern Africa reveal a new species of human ancestor. @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJScienceShorts @https://www.wsj.com/science/human-ancestor-ancient-teeth-discovery-7064b4f3?st=utDtXV via @WSJ

Engineers are designing a new generation of space habitats meant to make life easier for astronauts and appealing to space tourists @eniiler reports for #WSJFOE wsj.com/tech/space-hab… via @WSJ

Georgia Tech has a strategy for wooing corporate partners. Other universities want in. @NidhiSubs reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/us-news/educat… via @WSJ

Universities facing budget shortfalls after federal cuts to science research are looking to Georgia Tech for advice. The school gets nearly 15% of its campus research funds from industry. @NidhiSubs reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/us-news/educat… via @WSJ

For the first time scientists have isolated the microbes that help give chocolate its great taste. @NidhiSubs reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/science/chocol… via @WSJ

The odds didn’t look good when Gwen Orilio was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. Ten years later, she’s still alive—and part of a new era of cancer treatment. wsj.com/health/termina… via @WSJ

AI is filling in missing portions of ancient Latin texts. The inscriptions offer rare insights into the conquests, ambitions and business accounts of citizens of the Roman Empire @NidhiSubs reports for #WSJScienceShorts wsj.com/tech/ai/aeneas… via @WSJ

Evidence suggests early humans used primitive sunscreen and wore tailored clothing—possibly contributing to their survival as Neanderthals went extinct @AylinWoodward reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/science/neande… via @WSJ