This week in science

Ingenuity’s longest flight and more: Understand the world through 7 images

by Robin Bea
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight record one year into its Mars mission the week of May 25–June 1, as scientists looked into Covid-19 risk factors and got a new view of the brain.

Here are the biggest science stories of the week, told in 7 incredible images.

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