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Nature’s most magnetic objects, ripped apart in starquakes, can unleash powerful flashes of light

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Possible ‘embassy’ in ancient Maya city illuminates the birth of an empire

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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine maintains protection in variant-plagued Brazil

By Sofia MoutinhoApr. 9, 2021
Biden wants $6.5 billion for new health agency to speed treatments

By Jocelyn KaiserApr. 9, 2021
A pigment from red cabbage could help turn your favorite foods blue

By Kai KupferschmidtApr. 9, 2021
Biden’s first budget request goes big on science

By Jeffrey MervisApr. 9, 2021
Honey bees rally to their queen via ‘game of telephone’

By Nikk OgasaApr. 9, 2021
Ancient fish share a key feature of human vision

By Meagan CantwellApr. 9, 2021
With ‘smoke ring’ technology, fusion startup marks steady progress

By Daniel CleryApr. 8, 2021
Glass molded like plastic could usher in new era of complex glass shapes

By Robert F. ServiceApr. 8, 2021

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Science Magazine

Vol 372, Issue 6538
9 April 2021

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Biden, Congress roll out big plans to expand NSF

By Jeffrey MervisApr. 9, 2021
For a change, a hint of new physics does not fade away

By Adrian ChoApr. 9, 2021
When modern humans met Neanderthals

By Ann GibbonsApr. 9, 2021
Latest Russian vaccine comes with a big dose of mystery

By Olga DobrovidovaApr. 9, 2021
Top German psychologist found to have fabricated data

By Hristio BoytchevApr. 9, 2021

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This microscopic hitchhiker is a friend to both plants and humans

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Ten years later, here’s what Fukushima’s damaged reactors look like today

By Meagan CantwellMar. 19, 2021
This eagle shark once soared through ancient seas near Mexico

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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine maintains protection in variant-plagued Brazil

By Sofia MoutinhoApr. 9, 2021
Biden wants $6.5 billion for new health agency to speed treatments

By Jocelyn KaiserApr. 9, 2021
Biden’s first budget request goes big on science

By Jeffrey MervisApr. 9, 2021
With ‘smoke ring’ technology, fusion startup marks steady progress

By Daniel CleryApr. 8, 2021
Studies that make brainlike structures or add human cells to animal brains are ethical, for now, panel says

By Jocelyn KaiserApr. 8, 2021

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Climate change is triggering more lightning strikes in the Arctic

By Sofia MoutinhoApr. 7, 2021
Tropical forest destruction increases, despite the pandemic

By Sofia MoutinhoMar. 31, 2021
Pesticide-blocking gene transferred from plants to animals

By Sofia MoutinhoMar. 26, 2021
Your spit could reveal whether you’ve had a concussion

By Adrian ChoMar. 24, 2021
Scientists have been underestimating the power of tornadoes

By Sofia MoutinhoMar. 23, 2021

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