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Australia’s inaction on climate puts Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger,’ UNESCO report says

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Rain in sub-Saharan Africa can mean more butterflies in Europe

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What went wrong with CureVac’s highly anticipated new mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?

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This ecologist thinks coastal wetlands can outrun rising seas. Not everyone’s convinced

Latest News | Jun. 17, 2021

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How glasswing butterflies grow their invisible wings

By Anil OzaJun. 22, 2021
Australia’s inaction on climate puts Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger,’ UNESCO report says

By Dennis NormileJun. 22, 2021
Your body’s ‘hidden’ senses might help treat epilepsy, depression

By Katie Free, Joel GoldbergJun. 22, 2021
Rain in sub-Saharan Africa can mean more butterflies in Europe

By Ian RandallJun. 21, 2021
‘Speed and scale.’ One year into the job, NSF’s director prepares for massive budget growth

By Jeffrey MervisJun. 21, 2021
‘I’m still feeling that we’re failing’: Exasperated WHO leader speaks out about vaccine inequity

By Jon CohenJun. 18, 2021
California’s fire-fanning Santa Ana winds may not get any better with climate change

By Paul VoosenJun. 18, 2021
What went wrong with CureVac’s highly anticipated new mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?

By Jon CohenJun. 18, 2021

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Vol 372, Issue 6548
18 June 2021

In Brief

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In Depth

Accusations of colonial science fly after eruption

By Roland PeaseJun. 18, 2021
Report traces surge in ocean plastic studies

By Tania RabesandratanaJun. 18, 2021
Biologist blows whistle on prominent co-author

By Martin EnserinkJun. 18, 2021
Genomes offer rare glimpse of Neanderthal family groups

By Ann GibbonsJun. 18, 2021
Decades ahead, Europe picks goals for big space missions

By Daniel CleryJun. 18, 2021
DNA researchers question Senate bill's security provisions

By Jocelyn KaiserJun. 18, 2021

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This ‘living fossil’ could reach 100 years old

By Alex ViverosJun. 17, 2021
Cicadas that come out every 17 years may emerge more often in the future

By Meagan CantwellJun. 15, 2021
Artificial intelligence could help biologists classify the world’s tiny creatures

By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 4, 2021
Tragic spring surge leads India to crank up coronavirus vaccine effort

By Joel GoldbergJun. 4, 2021
Deadly river ‘earthquakes’ could be manageable

By Amina Khan, Joel GoldbergMay. 20, 2021

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Australia’s inaction on climate puts Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger,’ UNESCO report says

By Dennis NormileJun. 22, 2021
‘Speed and scale.’ One year into the job, NSF’s director prepares for massive budget growth

By Jeffrey MervisJun. 21, 2021
‘I’m still feeling that we’re failing’: Exasperated WHO leader speaks out about vaccine inequity

By Jon CohenJun. 18, 2021
What went wrong with CureVac’s highly anticipated new mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?

By Jon CohenJun. 18, 2021
Nutrition researchers urge update to lab animal diets

By Mennatalla IbrahimJun. 17, 2021

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Soil without detectable life discovered in Antarctica

By Alex ViverosJun. 18, 2021
This homely mollusk’s rock-hard chompers are made of rare minerals

By Sofia MoutinhoJun. 2, 2021
Sugars spice up RNA

By Robert ServiceMay. 18, 2021
Paralyzed person types at record speed—by imagining handwriting

By Kelly ServickMay. 13, 2021
Climate change is triggering more lightning strikes in the Arctic

By Sofia MoutinhoApr. 7, 2021

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