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Tuesday, Aug 31

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Failed HIV vaccine trial marks another setback for the field

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A J&J vaccine only offered hints of protection in women in five sub-Saharan Africa countries

Monday, Aug 30

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One-third of Sun-like stars may have eaten their planets

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Study could aid hunt for Earth-like worlds

Friday, Aug 27

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COVID-19’s origins still uncertain, U.S. intelligence agencies conclude

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Agencies agree China didn’t know about virus until outbreak, but give different weight to “lab leak” versus natural spillover

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Maine’s ban on ‘forever chemicals’ marks a big win for some scientists

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Researchers have urged regulators to take new approach to nonstick compounds

Tiny diamond mirrors could smooth out already revolutionary x-ray lasers

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Ambitious recycling scheme would make giant accelerator-driven machines work more like ordinary lasers

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Unethical? Unnecessary? The COVID-19 vaccine booster debate intensifies

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As United States reveals its plan to offer an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccine, equity and scientific questions abound

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Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine—but no infection parties, please

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Israelis who had an infection were more protected against the Delta coronavirus variant than those who had an already highly effective COVID-19 vaccine

Thursday, Aug 26

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Amid pandemic disruptions, grad students push to unionize

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Students at the universities of New Mexico, California, and Vermont are among those currently organizing

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Thanks to a bit of diamond smashing, practical room-temperature superconductivity could be close to reality

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While some scientists challenge a room-temperature superconductor that debuted last year, others are trying to make successors that work at ambient pressure

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Russia’s Sputnik V protects against severe COVID-19 from Delta variant, study shows

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Two shots offer 81% protection from hospitalization and prevent lung injury, data from St. Petersburg suggest

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Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine—but vaccination remains vital

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Israelis who had an infection were more protected against the Delta coronavirus variant than those who had an already highly effective COVID-19 vaccine

Wednesday, Aug 25

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Inflammation gene may be possible drug target for endometriosis

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Advance offers potential nonhormonal way to treat mysterious, complex disease

New WHO group aims to improve efforts to find pathogen origins

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The World Health Organization’s Maria Van Kerkhove on the hunt for COVID-19 origins and what’s next

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Booster shot of J&J vaccine raises antibody levels, company says

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Unpublished data suggest second shot could help fight COVID-19

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Antibiotic resistance has spread to the deep, dark forest, bear teeth reveal

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Bears in Sweden encountered the drugs hundreds of kilometers from civilization

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These wasp nests give off one of the most powerful green glows in the animal kingdom

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Scientists can only speculate as to why the animals evolved such bright cocoons

Tuesday, Aug 24

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High in the Colorado Rockies, scientists launch search for causes of western water woes

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New study of snow, ice, and rain aims to improve Colorado River flow forecasts

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Fraudulent data raise questions about superstar honesty researcher

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Dan Ariely denies fabricating data, but can’t produce records to clear his name

Saturday, Aug 21

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HHMI fires prominent biologist for sexual harassment

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After probe by an outside law firm, Sabatini also resigns from Whitehead Institute and MIT says it’s reviewing his faculty position there

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Do Delta ‘breakthroughs’ really mean vaccine protection is waning, and are boosters the answer?

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Science sifts through the latest, sometimes murky data on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the coronavirus variant

Friday, Aug 20

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‘I don’t want to die.’ Afghan researchers fear for their safety—and the future of science

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Scholars overseas are trying to help colleagues wanting to flee their country after Taliban takeover

Thursday, Aug 19

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Massive volcanoes could cool Earth more in a warming world

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Enhanced cooling would still be dwarfed by climate change

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New SARS-CoV-2 variants have changed the pandemic. What will the virus do next?

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The pandemic is giving scientists a unique view of viral evolution in action

Baby bats babble, much like human infants

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Behavior could shed light on human language learning

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Researchers revive the dream of a martian habitat in Arizona—in miniature

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Thirty years after Biosphere 2 began, sealed greenhouse on its campus will host space-related research

How rattlesnakes fool you into thinking they’re right underfoot

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Snakes switch to a higher frequency rattle as a threat moves closer

Wednesday, Aug 18

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COVID-19 vaccines may trigger superimmunity in people who had SARS long ago

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After vaccine boost, severe acute respiratory syndrome survivors have antibodies that neutralize broad array of coronaviruses

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Like humans, cuttlefish can form complex memories

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“Sophisticated” new study suggests cuttlefish memories get better with age

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Archaeologists unearth Nazi-era massacre in Poland’s ‘Death Valley’

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Bullets, wedding rings pinpoint World War II execution grounds