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‘Warp Speed’ COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts Aim for Diverse Volunteers and Long-Lasting Protection

In late July, volunteers began receiving doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in the latest stage of a clinical trial…

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India Is in Denial about the COVID Crisis

The Indian monsoon season is in full swing, drenching the streets of Mumbai and flooding the plains of Bihar. But…

5 years ago

Bread Science: A Yeasty Conversation

"Backing is applied microbiology," according to the book Modernist Bread. During pandemic lockdowns, many people started baking their own bread.…

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Evidence for Convalescent Plasma Coronavirus Treatment Lags Behind Excitement

Update August 24: The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization on August 23 to treat COVID-19 with…

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How We Can Use the CITES Wildlife Trade Agreement to Help Prevent Pandemics

In reaction to the global COVID-19 pandemic, attention has focused on the potential role of the Convention on International Trade…

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The Hidden Toll of Wildfires

“This is interesting. Not too thick,” said Jim Crawford, an atmospheric chemist wearing a motion-sickness patch behind his ear. It…

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Fast-Moving California Wildfires Boosted by Climate Change

Firefighters battled nearly two dozen wildfires in California yesterday after a week of raging blazes blackened more than 1 million…

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How Birds Evolved Their Incredible Diversity

This past May, when it finally sank in that I was going to be stuck at home for a very…

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Democratized Information Is Transforming Society

It is a truism among scientists that our enterprise benefits humanity because of the technological breakthroughs that follow in discovery's…

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Buried Skeletons Reveal Tsunami Threat in East Africa

Scientific American August 2020Newly analyzed remains depict the scope of a devastating eventThe 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake sent a tsunami…

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