Great Barrier Reef escapes ‘in danger’ listing after intense Australian lobby
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Australia’s cockatoos are masters of dumpster diving—and now they’re learning from each other
The spread of the practice suggests some birds may have “culture” -
Podcast: Blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease, and what earthquakes on Mars reveal about the Red Planet’s core
On this week’s show: How blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease can help with treatments, and what seismic events detected by NASA’s InSight mission reveal about Mars’s internal structure -
How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators
To fight inequities in medicine, researchers are reexamining the algorithms that help physicians make decisions -
New public database of AI-predicted protein structures could transform biology
DeepMind’s 350,000 structures include 44% of all human proteins -
Astronomers spy possible moons in the making in a distant star system
Exomoons could already orbit in the dusty disk around an exoplanet -
NASA’s Perseverance rover to drill first samples of martian rock
Campaign will then target potential life-trapping mudstones to west -
Blood tests could help screen anticipated flood of patients seeking new Alzheimer’s drug
Controversial drug approval spotlights emerging tests for Alzheimer’s-related proteins -
When will COVID-19 vaccines be fully approved—and does it matter whether they are?
Physicians urge FDA to “work on the weekends” to speed approval because it may help boost vaccination rates -
How COVID-19 has transformed scientific fieldwork
A few lucky researchers are returning to the field, but others are finding their careers upended -
DNA pulled from thin air identifies nearby animals
“Insane” idea tags dozens of zoo species, could help biodiversity surveys -
Europe’s deadly floods leave scientists stunned
Despite improvements, flood forecasting sometimes fails to flag risks along smaller streams -
Stellar explosion could be a failed supernova giving birth to a black hole
Mysterious “cow” event could be a “Rosetta Stone” for understanding collapsing stars -
Event Horizon Telescope captures ‘beautiful’ images of second black hole’s jet
Snapshots of black hole at center of Centaurus A galaxy suggest all such are basically the same -
With call for ‘raw data’ and lab audits, WHO chief pressures China on pandemic origin probe
A new team of scientists may replace agency group already probing the start of COVID-19 -
Chinchilla dealer to appear in court for alleged animal welfare violations
Rare hearing could strip license from one of few suppliers of the animals for research -
‘Hubble is back!’ Famed space telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch
Email suggests famed space telescope could quickly resume scientific observations -
Mysterious DNA sequences, known as ‘Borgs,’ recovered from California mud
Newfound genetic material may rev up methane cycling by soil microbes -
Iran’s plans for research reactor fuel imperil revival of nuclear deal
Government says uranium fuel will be made to produce medical isotopes -
Mom’s powerful friends keep high-ranking hyenas on top
Inherited social networks separate the “haves” from the “have-nots” -
Researchers unveil ‘phenomenal’ new AI for predicting protein structures
One structure, generated in hours, "saved us a year of work" -
Podcast: Science after COVID-19, and a landslide that became a flood
On this week’s show: We kick off a series of news stories on science after the pandemic subsides, and what we’ve learned from a devastating rock and ice avalanche this year in northern India -
Exploding stars may have assaulted ancient Earth
Nearby supernovae blasts revealed in atomic traces preserved in seafloor minerals -
Surprise undersea volcano could offer unique window into Earth’s interior
Seamount rising from deep Pacific Ocean could be evidence for a new type of volcanism -
Physicists move closer to defeating errors in quantum computation
Conceptually, new advance takes Google researchers halfway to pivotal goal
