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WHO unveils global plan to fairly distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but challenges await

ScienceInsider | Sep. 21, 2020

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Brain-scanning backpack brings neuroscience into the real world

Latest News | Sep. 18, 2020

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Meet the man who told Trump climate change is real

ScienceInsider | Sep. 17, 2020

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Pandemic inspires new push to shrink jails and prisons

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WHO unveils global plan to fairly distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but challenges await

By Kai KupferschmidtSep. 21, 2020
‘I’m worried about voters screwing up.’ Election scientist tackles 2020 U.S. vote

By Warren CornwallSep. 18, 2020
COVID-19 data scandal prompts tweaks to elite journal’s review process

By Kelly ServickSep. 18, 2020
Brain-scanning backpack brings neuroscience into the real world

By Rebekah TuchschererSep. 18, 2020
Ig Nobel Prizes reward research on helium-huffing alligators and knives made of feces

By Rasha AridiSep. 18, 2020
These 120,000-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans in Arabia

By Ann GibbonsSep. 17, 2020
Podcast: Performing magic for animals, and why the pandemic is pushing people out of prisons

By Sarah Crespi, Kelly ServickSep. 17, 2020

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Science Magazine

Vol 369, Issue 6510
18 September 2020

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Pandemic inspires push to shrink jails, prisons

By Kelly ServickSep. 18, 2020
Viral heart damage under scrutiny

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelSep. 18, 2020
Trials begin for a new weapon against Parkinson's: light

By Gunjan SinhaSep. 18, 2020
Ancient DNA tracks Vikings across Europe

By Andrew CurrySep. 18, 2020
Global efforts to protect biodiversity fall short

By Erik StokstadSep. 18, 2020

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The burden of stigma

By Vaishnavi ChandrashekharSep. 18, 2020

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WHO unveils global plan to fairly distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but challenges await

By Kai KupferschmidtSep. 21, 2020
‘I’m worried about voters screwing up.’ Election scientist tackles 2020 U.S. vote

By Warren CornwallSep. 18, 2020
COVID-19 data scandal prompts tweaks to elite journal’s review process

By Kelly ServickSep. 18, 2020
Ig Nobel Prizes reward research on helium-huffing alligators and knives made of feces

By Rasha AridiSep. 18, 2020
Former Los Alamos physicist gets probation for failing to disclose China ties

By Science News StaffSep. 17, 2020

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Cancer drug shrinks ‘undruggable’ lung tumors

By Jocelyn KaiserSep. 21, 2020
Australian labradoodles are mostly poodle, genetic analysis reveals

By Rasha AridiSep. 11, 2020
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By Rebekah TuchschererSep. 4, 2020
Poop tests stop COVID-19 outbreak at University of Arizona

By Jocelyn KaiserAug. 28, 2020
This 250-million-year-old creature may have hibernated like modern animals

By Lucy HicksAug. 28, 2020

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