Science today spans both peril and perspective: aboard the International Space Station, NASA has told astronauts to shelter in their docked spacecraft and prepare for a possible evacuation as an air leak in the Russian Zvezda module appears to worsen, a reminder that even routine orbital life can turn abruptly fragile. On Earth, a new study from Australia offers a quieter counterpoint, finding that living closer to national parks is linked to lower stress, better mental health and reduced healthcare costs—evidence that proximity to nature may be a public-health tool as much as an amenity. Beyond science, the day’s headlines also carried notes of conflict and loss, from a Pentagon boarding of a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean to a fresh plea for medical help from detained Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, and the death of Argentine rock icon Indio Solari at 77.