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On this week’s show: Ethical dilemmas will abound for efficacy trials that continue after one COVID-19 vaccine proves itself, and turning plastic bags into biodegradable detergents

Dozens of professors depart from Yachay Tech amid conflicts that could scuttle its move toward independence

Dozens of species remain unreported because India’s biopiracy law clashes with international taxonomy rules

Four-year deal with Max Planck institutes is a first for a highly selective journal

Giant biomedical research funder says it will focus on infectious disease, mental health, and global warming

Democrat Merav Ben-David wants to “put science in the Senate”

Stony Brook University professor could be first female Ph.D. chemist elected to House of Representatives

But will libraries be able to afford the bill?