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Project launched to look for extraterrestrial visitors to our Solar System

ScienceInsider | Jul. 26, 2021

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Great Barrier Reef escapes ‘in danger’ listing after intense Australian lobby

ScienceInsider | Jul. 23, 2021

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How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators

Latest News | Jul. 22, 2021

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NASA’s Perseverance rover to drill first samples of martian rock

ScienceInsider | Jul. 21, 2021

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Transplant patients’ higher rate of COVID-19 breakthroughs boosts case for booster vaccines

By Rachel FrittsJul. 26, 2021
Project launched to look for extraterrestrial visitors to our Solar System

By Daniel CleryJul. 26, 2021
This is the first mini–particle accelerator to power a laser

By Adrian ChoJul. 25, 2021
Great Barrier Reef escapes ‘in danger’ listing after intense Australian lobby

By Dennis NormileJul. 23, 2021
Australia’s cockatoos are masters of dumpster diving—and now they’re learning from each other

By Cathleen O’GradyJul. 22, 2021
Podcast: Blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease, and what earthquakes on Mars reveal about the Red Planet’s core

By Sarah Crespi, Kelly Servick, et al.Jul. 22, 2021
How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators

By Jyoti MadhusoodananJul. 22, 2021
New public database of AI-predicted protein structures could transform biology

By Robert F. ServiceJul. 22, 2021

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Science Magazine

Vol 373, Issue 6553
23 July 2021

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Europe's deadly floods leave scientists stunned

By Warren CornwallJul. 23, 2021
Alzheimer's drug approval spotlights blood tests

By Kelly ServickJul. 23, 2021
A few lucky researchers return to the field

By Elizabeth PennisiJul. 23, 2021
DNA plucked from air identifies nearby animals

By Erik StokstadJul. 23, 2021
Event Horizon Telescope images second black hole's jets

By Daniel CleryJul. 23, 2021
WHO chief pressures China on pandemic origin

By Jon CohenJul. 23, 2021

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A troubled calculus

By Jyoti MadhusoodananJul. 23, 2021

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By Alex ViverosJun. 25, 2021
Mongoose mothers help their colonies thrive—by forgetting which pups are theirs

By Mennatalla IbrahimJun. 23, 2021
Your body’s ‘hidden’ senses might help treat epilepsy, depression

By Katie Free, Joel GoldbergJun. 22, 2021
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

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Transplant patients’ higher rate of COVID-19 breakthroughs boosts case for booster vaccines

By Rachel FrittsJul. 26, 2021
Project launched to look for extraterrestrial visitors to our Solar System

By Daniel CleryJul. 26, 2021
Great Barrier Reef escapes ‘in danger’ listing after intense Australian lobby

By Dennis NormileJul. 23, 2021
NASA’s Perseverance rover to drill first samples of martian rock

By Paul VoosenJul. 21, 2021
When will COVID-19 vaccines be fully approved—and does it matter whether they are?

By Rachel FrittsJul. 21, 2021

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CRISPR creates first genetically modified marsupials

By Mennatalla IbrahimJul. 22, 2021
Some pikas survive the winter by eating yak poop

By Rachel FrittsJul. 20, 2021
Gene therapy restores missing dopamine in children with rare brain disease

By Mennatalla IbrahimJul. 14, 2021
Climate change has made hurricanes more dangerous, but not more frequent

By Rachel FrittsJul. 13, 2021
Dense swarms of fireflies flash in unison

By Rachel FrittsJul. 8, 2021

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