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Harvard anthropology professor retires amid accusations of sexual harassment

By Ann GibbonsJul. 14, 2020
The pandemic virus is slowly mutating. But is it getting more dangerous?

By Kai KupferschmidtJul. 14, 2020
United States drops visa restriction on foreign students attending remote classes

By Science News StaffJul. 14, 2020
‘It’s a tricky thing.’ COVID-19 cases haven’t soared in Nigeria, but that could change

By Jop de VriezeJul. 14, 2020
Journals endorse new checklist to clean up sloppy animal research

By Cathleen O’GradyJul. 14, 2020
NSF’s handful of foreign influence cases may be due to how it investigates them

By Jeffrey MervisJul. 14, 2020

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Science Magazine

Vol 369, Issue 6500
10 July 2020

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

U.K. megatrial outshines other drug studies

By Kai KupferschmidtJul. 10, 2020
Can interferons stop COVID-19 before it takes hold?

By Meredith WadmanJul. 10, 2020
UAE probe aims for Mars—and payoffs on Earth

By Sedeer El-ShowkJul. 10, 2020
Polynesians, Native Americans met and mingled long ago

By Lizzie WadeJul. 10, 2020
New security law rattles Hong Kong universities

By Dennis NormileJul. 10, 2020

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Can scientists solve Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ about the angiosperm explosion?

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Harvard anthropology professor retires amid accusations of sexual harassment

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United States drops visa restriction on foreign students attending remote classes

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Journals endorse new checklist to clean up sloppy animal research

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By Jocelyn KaiserJun. 29, 2020
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