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At the start of 2021 there were high hopes for COVID-19 vaccines. Nearly twelve months later, tens of millions of Americans are vaccinated, but the vaccines have become increasingly politicized, and in the meantime, Florida weathered the worst impacts of the delta variant surge over the summer.

The hugely complex plan to restore the Everglades made progress in 2021, but Florida’s environment and wildlife faced some big challenges too. Environmental managers are now taking drastic steps to try and stop manatees dying off in massive numbers. WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green joins Intersection to discuss the highlights from 2021.

After the US resumed launching astronauts last year, the pace picked up for 2021. WMFE space reporter Brendan Byrne runs through the highlights for commercial spaceflight and NASA’s excursions into the far reaches of the solar system. Plus a plan to knock an asteroid off course, just in case our planet ever faces an Armageddon-like threat.

A Florida man has been banned from United Airlines for refusing to comply with the federal mask mandate.

It may not be your typical feel-good holiday classic, but it's an NPR tradition: On Morning Edition, the humorist again tells fantastical stories based on his real-life job as a Macy's Christmas elf.

The National Hockey League is taking an extended holiday pause as it deals with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. NPR's A Martinez speaks to Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer for ESPN.com.

President Biden announces more measures to make free at-home rapid tests available. Because of COVID, the NHL is pausing games. Hundreds of migrants remain trapped at the Belarus-Poland border.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is waiting at its launch site, after years of repeated delays and cost overruns. At one point, the giant new observatory was threatened with cancellation.

The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.

The first all-civilian space mission back in September had people who’ve never even dreamed of leaving the planet looking toward space. The goal of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 was to show space travel is available to all.The crew of the all-civilian mission was half male and half female -- a perfect representation of gender equality. But is it really available for all? Based on reports, gender equality is still an issue in the aerospace industry.