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OneWeb plans to launch as many as 42,000 satellites to an orbit that could harm astronomy. NASA/Kim Shiflett By Daniel CleryJul. 3, 2020 , 4:32…
In June, graffiti supporting calls for the Univeristy of Cambridge to remove a stained glass window memorializing statistician Ronald Fisher, a supporter of eugenics, appeared…
During a hearing on COVID-19 vaccines, Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, showed off a replica of the virus that causes the…
A World Health Organization–led global trial of treatments for COVID-19 was slow to enroll coronavirus-infected people, like this one in a Spanish intensive care unit, whereas…
Bronze Age equestrians, like the Assyrian warriors illustrated here, may have preferred stallions over mares. lunstream/Alamy Stock Photo By Jaime ChambersJul. 2, 2020 , 2:05…
The International AIDS Conference gathers scientists, health workers, celebrities, and activists such as these protesting grandmothers in Durban, South Africa. Can that eclectic mix now…
David Jaramillo First up this week, News Intern Rodrigo Pérez-Ortega talks with host Meagan Cantwell about an oasis of biodiversity in the striking blue pools…
By Kelso Harper, Joel GoldbergJul. 2, 2020 , 8:00 AM If NASA realizes its midsummer dream, a spacecraft will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,…
Leptodora transport mercury from lake bottoms to their surfaces. blickwinkel/Alamy By Erik StokstadJul. 1, 2020 , 4:50 PM How toxic mercury moves through the environment—and accumulates…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s U.K. government has announced plans to make it easier for top scientists to get visas. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Cathleen O’GradyJul. 1,…
A new security law is being met with protests in Hong Kong. Andrew Wan, a pro-democracy lawmaker, was among hundreds of demonstrators arrested on 1…
iStock.com/bboserup By Jeffrey MervisJun. 30, 2020 , 5:20 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. New rules on how U.S. universities manage…
Even before a coronavirus vaccine becomes available, some activists are ready to attack it; this woman attended a “Reopen Virginia” protest in Richmond in April. …
By Meagan CantwellJun. 30, 2020 , 8:00 AM More than 150 years ago, Charles Darwin was amazed by the explosion of angiosperms, flowering and fruit-bearing…
Pregnant women might normally be the last to receive a new coronaviurs vaccine, but a new study may push them to the head of the…
A dike in the Netherlands is protected by a fringe of salt marsh (brown and black). EDWIN PAREE By Erik StokstadJun. 29, 2020 , 2:20…
A gym in Redondo Beach, California, takes extreme measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission. A study in Norway suggests even with less stringent distancing, working out…
Evgenyi_Eg/iStock.com By David GrimmJun. 25, 2020 , 2:10 PM Last year marked the 60th anniversary of one of the most influential concepts in lab animal…
By Sean Reilly, E&E NewsJun. 25, 2020 , 2:15 PM Originally published by E&E News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not fight a…
The 64 dishes of MeerKAT will eventually be folded into the Square Kilometre Array. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory By Sarah WildJun. 25, 2020 , 2:00…
By Virginia MorellJun. 25, 2020 , 11:00 AM In the crystal clear waters of Shark Bay in Western Australia, scientists have noticed bottlenose dolphins engaging…
The as-yet-unnamed Tianwen-1 rover is the size of a small golf cart and one-quarter the weight of NASA’s Perseverance. The solar-powered rover is expected to…
PEOPLEIMAGES/ISTOCK.COM By Jane C. HuJun. 24, 2020 , 2:25 PM As COVID-19 swept across the United States, standardized testing centers closed and the GRE General…
Pulses of ultrasound aimed at a motion-sensitive brain area (from brown device, right) improved people’s ability to judge dots’ direction of motion. CHRIS BUTLER By…
Ripples in space itself have revealed a merger of a large black hole with an object thought to be too small to be a black…
Peter Williams claims tweaks to a program for modeling a bomb’s explosive trigger make its predictions unreliable. Claudia Williams By Adrian ChoJun. 24, 2020 ,…
A fundraiser in which firefighters collect donations for muscular dystrophy research was canceled this year. ZUMA Press Inc./Alamy Stock Photo By Eli CahanJun. 24, 2020…
Kingston et al., Biology Letters By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 23, 2020 , 7:01 PM Though not much bigger than a wooden match stick, snapping shrimp (Alpheus…
The Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, where many COVID-19 victims are buried. The city’s clinical trial with chloroquine started in late March, when…
Cicero’s death in 42 B.C.E. marks the end of the Roman Republic. Did a volcano hasten its fall? © The Holbarn Archive/Bridgeman Images By Paul…
The National Institutes of Health (main campus shown here) can take months to vet an allegation of undisclosed foreign ties. National Institutes of Health By…
Injectable dexamethasone is more difficult to manufacture than tablets, because production needs to take place under sterile conditions. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via AP By Eli CahanJun.…
MPE/IKI By Daniel CleryJun. 19, 2020 , 1:10 PM A telescope designed to study the universe’s mysterious dark energy released its first all-sky image today…
Dig, if you will, a tunnel. A mammoth new collider would dwarf an existing machine at the CERN physics laboratory in Europe. © CERN By…
The XENON1T detector, which ran from 2016 to 2018, may have seen signs of exotic particles—or not. Enrico Sacchetti/Science Source By Adrian ChoJun. 17, 2020…
The Xinfadi Agricultural Wholesale Market in Beijing in February. The market was shuttered on 13 June after it became the center of a new COVID-19…
In lab tests, bubbles successfully delivered pollen to Campanula flowers. Eijiro Miyako By Erik StokstadJun. 17, 2020 , 3:40 PM As pollinators, bees are hard…
Senator Rob Portman (R–OH) has assembled a bipartisan coalition for his bill targeting foreign influences. Senate Television via AP By Jeffery MervisJun. 18, 2020 ,…
Male Siamese fighting fish must be kept separate or they get into long fights. Vallorie Francis/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 17, 2020 , 2:00…
A Protoceratops nest with embryos curled up inside soft-shelled eggs M. Ellison/© AMNH By Colin BarrasJun. 17, 2020 , 11:00 AM Fifteen years ago, Mark…
The steroid dexamethasone may quickly be added to the global standard of care for severe COVID-19 patients. REUTERS/Yves Herman By Kai KupferschmidtJun. 16, 2020 ,…
An artist’s concept of a protoplanetary disk surrounding a star NASA/JPL-Caltech By Adam MannJun. 16, 2020 , 2:40 PM Planets are forming around young stars…
Doctors are desperate for treatments for coronavirus patients. Three experts discuss how to identify what can help. Tim Dirven/Panos Pictures/Redux By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelJun. 16, 2020…
Patrons of the library at the University of California, Berkeley, and at sister campuses will also get access to an additional 1000 Springer Nature journals.…
Health officials check a list of people to be tested for COVID-19 as well as HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in downtown Johannesburg. South Africa has the…
A new study suggests stricter gun access and use laws could reduce firearm-related deaths up to 11% annually. Kristoffer Tripplaar/Alamy Stock Photo By Michael PriceJun.…
Warning of “serious side effects” of two antimalarial drugs, a U.S. agency has taken back their authorization to be used on COVID-19 patients. AP Photo/John Locher…
The National Institutes of Health has been investigating grantees suspected of not disclosing their links to foreign institutions, notably in China. National Institutes of Health…
Few scientists will reach the “deep field” of Antarctica this upcoming season. Kelly Brunt/National Science Foundation By Paul VoosenJun. 12, 2020 , 3:45 PM Science’s COVID-19…
By Meagan CantwellJun. 12, 2020 , 12:55 PM Plastic is everywhere: high atop mountains, scattered through national parks, and floating in the Great Pacific garbage…
One plan for an efficacy trial that compares several COVID-19 vaccines calls for using mobile teams, rather than fixed sites, as was done in the…
Storms that pass over urban areas transport microplastics into the wilderness, such as in Rocky Mountain National Park. Cavan Images/Getty Images By Erik StokstadJun. 11,…
The National Institutes of Health revised its policies in order to be more aware of any sexual harassment findings against researchers it funds. National Institutes…
For decades, Colombia used aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate to kill coca crops used to make cocaine. But it stopped the practice in 2015…
Structures made from human embryonic stem cells mimic the features of a key stage in early human development. Naomi Moris By Kelly ServickJun. 11, 2020…
ShutDownStem By Sophia ChenJun. 9, 2020 , 7:40 PM Thousands of researchers around the world have pledged to pause their work on Wednesday to support…
The Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital near Barcelona, Spain, where a prevention trial with hydroxychloroquine took place FELIPE DANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS By Kai KupferschmidtJun. 9,…
Mink populations burgeon in the spring, when pups are born, raising concerns about new SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks. Ruslan Shamukov/TASS via Getty Images By Martin EnserinkJun. 9,…
E. Petersen/Science By Charles PillerJun. 8, 2020 , 7:00 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Three unlikely collaborators are at the…
Magnetars are neutron stars with magnetic fields 100 million times stronger than that of any magnet on Earth. © Pitris/Dreamstime.com By Daniel CleryJun. 8, 2020…
Immunologist Tasuku Honjo celebrates his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 2018 with his wife, Shigeko Honjo. Kyodo via AP Images By Dennis NormileJun. 8, 2020 ,…
By Amanda HeidtJun. 8, 2020 , 11:45 AM Human beings typically don’t leave the nest until well into our teenage years—a relatively rare strategy among…
Several vaccines on the U.S. vaccination schedule are made in cells from fetuses aborted decades ago. They include vaccines against rubella, hepatitis A, and chicken pox. J.…
Corina Newsome—one of the #BlackBirdersWeek organizers—is a graduate student who studies seaside sparrows in coastal marshes. Katherine Arntzen, Georgia Southern University By Katie LanginJun. 5,…
Genetically engineered cows are making human antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2. SAB Biotherapeutics By Mitch LeslieJun. 5, 2020 , 4:35 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported…
At the University of Michigan, researchers returning to laboratories have their temperatures taken under new health and safety procedures. UM Photography By Jeffrey MervisJun. 5,…
Moncef Saloui, the former chair of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline, on 15 May was named the chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed at a White…
Participants in a hydroxychloroquine study enrolled on a website and received medicines overnight by FedEx. John Phillips/Getty Images By Kai KupferschmidtJun. 4, 2020 , 6:00…
Two papers relying on hospital records of COVID-19 patients have been retracted because the company that purportedly analyzed the raw data won’t allow their validity to…
Police officers confront protesters in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd. John Minchillo/AP By Michael PriceJun. 4, 2020 , 2:30 PM Images and reports…
Ancient DNA suggests early migrants to the Caribbean may have come from several places, including perhaps North America. Tom Björklund By Lizzie WadeJun. 4, 2020…
Cornell University coronavirus researcher Gary Whittaker won a National Institutes of Health grant supplement to study how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells. Cornell University By Jocelyn KaiserJun.…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a €1.85 trillion budget that bets on science. REUTERS/JOHANNA GERON By Nicholas WallaceJun. 3, 2020 ,…
A hydroxychloroquine study is being audited. AP Photo/John Locher By Kelly Servick, Martin EnserinkJun. 2, 2020 , 7:55 PM Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by…
No bigger than a mosquito, this mayfly swarms by the millions in late spring. Isabel Almudi By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 2, 2020 , 5:20 PM Along…
A fox on the prowl in its Bristol, U.K., home Sam Hobson/Minden Pictures By Virginia MorellJun. 2, 2020 , 7:01 PM In a famous Siberian…
Masked pedestrians crowded a sidewalk near a bus stop in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. Ariana Cubillos/AP By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Jun. 2, 2020 , 12:45…
A team of EcoHealth Alliance researchers in China’s Guangdong province last year biopsied a bat’s wing to identify its species. EcoHealth Alliance By Jon Cohen, Kai…
Patrick Soon-Shiong hopes an experimental COVID-19 vaccine from his companies will prove its worth in monkeys. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Jon CohenJun. 1,…
Reporters visit Iran’s Arak Heavy Water Complex in late 2019. SIPA via AP By Richard StoneMay. 29, 2020 , 6:15 PM Ratcheting up its maximum…
Armed men patrol the street in rebel-held Sana’a, Yemen. The rebel health ministry has reported just four COVID-19 cases, but there are unofficial reports of…
Cranes lift ITER’s cryostat base into the tokamak pit to begin reactor assembly. ITER Organization By Daniel CleryMay. 27, 2020 , 4:15 PM The $25…
A recovered COVID-19 patient donates plasma at a clinic in Bangkok. ADISORN CHABSUNGNOEN/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET/GETTY IMAGES By Kai KupferschmidtMay. 27, 2020 , 5:25 PM Science’s COVID-19…
A new, nose-specific strain of the beneficial bacteria Lactobacillus uses hairlike fibers called fimbriae (arrows) to cling to the nose’s surface. De Boeck et al.,…
Just_Super/iStock.com By Matthew HutsonMay. 27, 2020 , 12:05 PM Artificial intelligence (AI) just seems to get smarter and smarter. Each iPhone learns your face, voice,…
An “overshooting” thunderstorm can inject water into the stratosphere, where it may destroy ozone. NASA By Paul VoosenMay. 27, 2020 , 2:00 PM The end of…
Fast radio bursts, imagined here in a staggered arrival of frequencies at a detector of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope. ICRAR and CSIRO/Alex Cherney…
akindo/istockphoto, adapted by M. Atarod/Science By Nicholas WallaceMay. 27, 2020 , 10:55 AM The European Union is struggling to turn its scientific prowess into economic…
Announcing several partnerships today, Merck will pursue two vaccines and a therapy for COVID-19. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid By Jon CohenMay. 26, 2020 , 3:20 PM Science’s…
A U.S. Department of Agriculture complaint about Moulton Chinchilla Ranch documented 85 sick, untreated chinchillas, including this one photographed in 2017 with red swelling under…
Bills would shake things up at the National Science Foundation. Maria B. Barnes/National Science Foundation By Jeffrey MervisMay. 26, 2020 , 12:10 PM The National…
Concerns that crowded commuter trains in Japan would help spread COVID-19 have, so far, not been realized. EDGARD GARRIDO/REUTERS/Newscom By Dennis NormileMay. 26, 2020 ,…
A court ruling clarified ownership of the “Dueling Dinosaurs.” Part of the specimen is shown here at auction. AP Photo/Seth Wenig By Warren CornwallMay. 22,…
A clinical trial of the Oxford vaccine, now manufactured by AstraZeneca, began in the United Kingdom last month. Oxford University Pool via AP By Jon…
Tero Vesalainen/Istockphoto, adapted by M. Atarod/Science By Michael PriceMay. 22, 2020 , 4:25 PM PubMed, the massive database of biomedical literature maintained by the U.S.…
Cheap and easy antigen tests that detect proteins of the new coronavirus (yellow) in samples from a person are coming, but they aren’t perfect. National…
In Sweden, day care centers and most schools have remained open throughout the pandemic. Sipa USA via AP Images By Gretchen VogelMay. 22, 2020 ,…
Shao Yiming, chief AIDS expert at China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, challenges controversial views about his country’s response to the novel coronavirus. AP…
By Science News StaffMay. 21, 2020 , 6:40 PM Seventy-seven U.S. scientists who have won a Nobel Prize today asked Francis Collins, the director of…
Millions of people have downloaded apps designed to alert them to coronavirus exposure. Their effectiveness has yet to be proved. Minzayar Oo/Panos Pictures/Panos Pictures/Redux By…
A girl in New Delhi gets a nasal swab to test for the new coronavirus. A rare Kawasaki disease–like illness linked to the virus is…
A hungry bumble bee cuts a hole in a leaf, stimulating the plant to flower early. HANNIER PULIDO/DE MORAES AND MESCHER LABORATORIES By Erik StokstadMay.…
Kelvin Droegemeier (center), director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, meeting with publishers in February about public access to journal articles…
Researchers collect leaves to measure carbon storage in an Andean cloud forest. JAKE BRYANT By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 21, 2020 , 2:00 PM Tropical forests have…
The Department of Energy will select industry partners to build two next-generation reactors, such as the molten salt cooled reactor being designed by Terrestrial Energy…
Modern goats carry genes borrowed from wild species. Ann Dahlberg/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 20, 2020 , 4:00 PM Goats are one tough breed,…
Desert cottontails, like this healthy animal, are susceptible to a new virus. John J. Mosesso/U.S. Geological Survey By Erik StokstadMay. 20, 2020 , 2:40 PM…
Francis Collins Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Jeffrey BrainardMay. 20, 2020 , 1:40 PM U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins has…
Russian archaeologists in 1976 excavating the Ust’-Kyakhta-3 site on the banks of the Selenga River A. P. Okladnikov By Michael PriceMay. 20, 2020 , 11:10…
Next week, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will carry two NASA astronauts into orbit. NASA KENNEDY/CC BY-NC-ND/FLICKR By Adam MannMay. 20, 2020 , 2:25 PM On 27…
A spy satellite image showing signs of marmot burrows (small white dots in the upper right) C. Munteanu et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society…
Large numbers of people working close together in a cold environment may make meatpacking plants fertile ground for the novel coronavirus. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty Images By…
Geochronologists have tried to pinpoint the age of the 66-million-year-old Deccan Traps, massive lava flows in India that may have helped wipe out the dinosaurs.…
Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli in front of Mount St. Helens during an August 2019 research trip Courtney Talak By Warren CornwallMay. 18, 2020 , 1:20 PM…
A recruitment ad for the clinical trial that found an injectable long-acting drug could protect certain groups from HIV infection. NIAID By Jon CohenMay. 18,…
Kevin Ward, a University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, emergency medicine physician, tests a negative pressure helmet he helped design. Michigan Medicine and FlexSys, Inc. By…
T cells can seek and destroy cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 (yellow). NIAID By Mitch LeslieMay. 14, 2020 , 9:00 PM Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported…
The Venus flytrap rewired existing genes to allow it to eat meat. Pascal Goetgheluck/Minden Pictures By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 14, 2020 , 3:20 PM How does…
Fiber-optic cables buried beneath Pasadena, California, revealed that Southern University and A&M College fielded the loudest marching band at the 2020 Rose Parade. Nick Tre.…
Ottoline Leyser leads about 130 plant scientists at the University of Cambridge. Sainsbury Laboratory/University of Cambridge By Erik StokstadMay. 14, 2020 , 2:30 PM Ottoline…
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can severely damage lungs, but in serious cases it doesn’t…
The “Small Boy” nuclear test conducted in Nevada in 1962 Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images By Sid PerkinsMay. 13, 2020 , 5:05 PM Radioactive fallout is rarely…
Underwater heat waves have triggered a rise in lethal coral bleaching. Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images By Warren CornwallMay. 13, 2020 , 2:00 PM For the third…
SARA GIRONI CARNEVALE By Jeffrey BrainardMay. 13, 2020 , 12:15 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Timothy Sheahan, a virologist studying…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) describes her latest plan to combat the pandemic. Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP By Jeffrey MervisMay. 13, 2020 , 11:30 AM…
By Meredith WadmanMay. 13, 2020 , 11:00 AM A first-of-its-kind analysis of more than 1300 Facebook pages with nearly 100 million followers has produced a…
Teenage dogs, like teenage children, ignore their caregivers. suefeldberg/iStock.com By Virginia MorellMay. 12, 2020 , 7:01 PM When our Scottish collie puppy reached doggie adolescence,…
Joschua Knüppe By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega May. 12, 2020 , 7:01 PM When dinosaurs and other large predators went extinct some 66 million years ago,…
HealthMap uses artificial intelligence and data mining to spot disease outbreaks and issue location-specific alerts (colored dots) on COVID-19 and other diseases. It sounded an…
Lenticular clouds over the Andes’s Torres del Paine are a sign of gravity waves. Anton Petrus/GETTY IMAGES By Eric HandMay. 12, 2020 , 5:00 PM…
Neuroscientist Li Xiao-Jiang, who has pleaded guilty to not paying U.S. taxes on income earned from Chinese institutions, worked at Emory University. AIMINTANG/ISTOCK.COM By Jeffrey…
Two Shenandoah National Park employees assess the crown of a black birch tree as part of the park’s long-term forest monitoring program. NPS Photo/C. Harman…
NOAA By Sid PerkinsMay. 12, 2020 , 11:15 AM Two small, guano-covered islands that peek above the waves in the central North Pacific Ocean are…
Intense summer sun can spike temperatures of solar panels, causing their electrical production to plummet. erlucho/iStock.com By Robert F. ServiceMay. 11, 2020 , 5:25 PM…
Offshore aquaculture farms, like this SeaStation, must be tough enough to withstand the open ocean. NOAA By Erik StokstadMay. 11, 2020 , 4:50 PM The…
David King, a former chief scientific adviser in the United Kingdom, has set up a “shadow” scientific advisory group to the government. Climaterepair/Wikimedia Commons (CC…
Researchers around the world are trying to figure out how to reopen laboratories shuttered by the pandemic. Morsa Images/iStock.com By Jeffrey MervisMay. 11, 2020 ,…
Researchers re-excavated Bacho Kiro cave in Bulgaria and found bits of bone from modern humans as well as tools and jewelry. Tsenka Tsanova, MPI-EVA Leipzig…
Judy Mikovits (right), seen here at her lab in Reno, Nevada, in 2011 with a graduate student, has made many unfounded claims about the coronavirus…
Amritsar, India, is one place that has reeled under higher than normal heat and humidity. Munish Byala/Hindustan Times via Getty Images By Warren CornwallMay. 8,…
Chloroplast components called thylakoids in these 90-micrometer droplets use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide to organic compounds. T. Miller/Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; T.…
To slay the larger cancer cell they are attached to, the two smaller killer T cells release protein bombs. STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/Science Source By Mitch LeslieMay.…
Machu Picchu was built by the Incas, one of several cultures that settled in the Central Andes over thousands of years. Matthew Butcher By Elizabeth…
The Dibang Valley, a biodiversity hot spot in northeastern India, is threatened by a proposed hydropower dam. Goldentakin/Flickr/CC 2.0 By Vaishnavi ChandrashekharMay. 7, 2020 ,…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Wikimedia Commons By Sid PerkinsMay. 7, 2020 , 11:00 AM You wouldn’t want this creature as a parent. An…
By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 7, 2020 , 2:00 PM Some mosquitoes are night owls of the insect world, able to avoid running into walls, even in…
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina tries Covid-Organics at a launch ceremony in Antananarivo on 20 April. Several other African leaders have expressed an interest in the…
Robert Neubecker By David GrimmMay. 6, 2020 , 12:00 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Russell Hopcroft spent much of April…
Amid COVID-19 precautions, medical centers continue to treat patients with other serious conditions. NEIL HALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images By Kelly ServickMay. 6, 2020 , 1:00…
A.S. David Fernandes By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega May. 5, 2020 , 7:01 PM The left and right sides of our brains store different kinds of…
An antibody (orange) bound to the surface spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can block infection. (Illustration) V. Altounian/Science; (Images) W. Surya, Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2018); D.…
By Amanda HeidtMay. 5, 2020 , 3:50 PM Koalas begging firefighters for water have become emblematic of Australia’s recent wildfire woes. But aside from these…
Many schools in Denmark reopened last month, including this one in Copenhagen where students are spaced far apart to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.…
Some garter snakes prefer to spend time in groups, especially ones with snakes they know. Huw Cordey/Minden Pictures By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 4, 2020 , 3:10…
A total lunar eclipse typically appears red, but not after a large volcanic eruption. ESA/CESAR-M.Castillo By Katherine KorneiMay. 4, 2020 , 2:30 PM On 5…
A stainless steel mesh is at the heart of an electrically powered device that synthesizes ammonia. N. Lazouski et al., Nature Catalysis, 4 May 2020…
By Science News StaffMay. 4, 2020 , 12:35 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. China is facing growing pressure from national…
Researchers have shown that small antibodies can block the Rift Valley fever virus (above) from entering cells. LAGUNA DESIGN/Science Source By Mitch LeslieMay. 1, 2020…
Scientists imaged a mouse brain with a new staining method that can image up to four molecular targets at once (three targets shown above). RIKEN/Creative Commons By…
Amina, a 6-year-old female chimpanzee, was infected with a virus that may have killed her mother during a 2017 outbreak at Ngogo in Kibale National…
A now canceled grant from the National Institutes of Health allowed researchers associated with the EcoHealth Alliance to gather samples from bats, which can carry…
Genes, chemical clues, and the filing of teeth into shapes all point to West Africa as the birthplace of these three individuals, although they were…
By Joel GoldbergApr. 30, 2020 , 11:15 AM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Health professionals have little time to waste in…
Renewable power sources such as wind have made gains as fossil fuel use has declined during the pandemic. Carol M. Highsmith/GPA Photo Archive/Flickr (CC BY-NC…
Gilead’s remdesivir, designed to stymie viral replication, modestly speeds the recovery of COVID-19 patients, according to a new study Gilead By Jon CohenApr. 29, 2020…
Health researcher Eva Lee has jeopardized her academic career by providing false information on funding reports to the National Science Foundation. VILLAR LOPEZ/EFE/Newscom By Jeffrey…
Today’s testing for the novel coronavirus requires nasal swabs, but a $1.5 billion National Institutes of Health initiative could develop easier-to-use tests. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson By…
Like Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx is being honored with a bobblehead. National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum By Meagan WeilandApr.…
Dora Raymaker (left) and Christina Nicolaidis edit the new journal Autism in Adulthood. BEN JACKLET By Emily WillinghamApr. 29, 2020 , 2:35 PM Professional burnout…
At a Kansas site where plants now have less nutrients, this two-striped grasshopper is in decline. DAVE RINTOUL By Elizabeth PennisiApr. 29, 2020 , 1:25…
Jacelyn Peabody Lever of the University of Alabama goes virtual for the American Physician Scientists Association annual meeting. American Physician Scientists Association/YOUTUBE/CC-BY/Jacelyn Peabody Lever/Laboratory of…
Infected bees were less likely to be fed by other bees, a common behavior shown here. Nathan Beach/University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Tori Beach By Erik…
A pulse oximeter on a patient’s finger measures blood oxygenation. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelApr. 28, 2020 , 3:40 PM Science‘s COVID-19…
Christian Drosten admits the pandemic surprised him, despite having worked on coronaviruses for 17 years. VOLKER LANNERT By Kai KupferschmidtApr. 28, 2020 , 12:25 PM…
Students at a high school in Übach-Palenberg, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, were back in class on 23 April. The state’s leader, Armin Laschet, has…
By Meagan CantwellApr. 27, 2020 , 11:05 AM An international team of scientists is combining satellite data, on-the-ground observations, and climate models to anticipate countries…
The heartburn remedy famotidine may disable a key enzyme that the new coronavirus uses to make copies (gold) of itself. NIH By Brendan BorrellApr. 26,…
Efforts by aquaria in the United States to import beluga whales for display and research have catalyzed controversy. sparklingmoments/iStock By Rob Hotakainen, E&E NewsApr. 24,…
Mutations present in our DNA from birth can cause us to die at a younger age. Christoph Burgstedt/iStock.com By Amanda HeidtApr. 24, 2020 , 12:40…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that polluted water that flows underground into nearby lakes, rivers and basy is covered by the Clean Water Act,…
Experts have forecasted rising numbers of U.S. COVID-19 cases as hospitals such as Mount Sinai South Nassau scramble to respond. Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images…
Donald Kennedy spoke at Stanford University’s 1978 commencement while serving as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Chuck Painter/Stanford News Service By Jeffrey…
Meteorite ALH84001/NASA Coronavirus affects far more than just the lungs, and doctors and researchers in the midst of the pandemic are trying to catalog—and understand—the…
Health care workers are experiencing a crushing psychological burden in the COVID-19 pandemic. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Apr. 22,…
Chris Butler/Science Source By Sid PerkinsApr. 22, 2020 , 3:55 PM Although tales of people being killed by meteorite impacts date back to biblical times,…
A quantum diamond microscope contains a doped diamond slide that is excited by tiny magnetic fields. HARVARD PALEOMAGNETICS LAB By Paul VoosenApr. 22, 2020 ,…
Icelanders didn’t get their freckles and occasional red hair from Neanderthal ancestors. PhotoAlto / Alamy Stock Photo By Ann GibbonsApr. 22, 2020 , 11:20 AM…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted on 3 May 2018, leading to a massive outpouring of lava that devastated the southeastern part of the island. USGS Hawaiian…
Stanford University researchers conducted blood tests in Santa Clara county near Los Angeles to reveal the prevalence of antibodies to the pandemic coronavirus. Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The…
Pharmaceutical manufacturers have ramped up production of chloroquine amid hopes that the antimalarial drug will prove effective against COVID-19. FeatureChina via AP Images By Kelly…
Tests at wastewater treatment plants in France have revealed levels of coronavirus that rise and fall over time like clinical cases. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty…
By Ian RandallApr. 21, 2020 , 12:45 PM Echinoderms are survivors. Many of the marine invertebrates—such as starfish and brittle stars—can regrow lost limbs, and…
Representative Bill Foster (D–IL) is leading an effort to encourage U.S. regulators to allow volunteers to be infected with the pandemic coronavirus to speed vaccine…
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COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, such as this one at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, often receive large amounts of antibiotics to fight…