Podcast: How the new COVID-19 vaccines work, and restoring vision with brain implants
On this week’s show: How messenger RNA vaccines work, and using 1024 electrodes to generate images in monkey brains
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Common tire chemical implicated in mysterious deaths of at-risk salmon
Coho salmon in urban streams have been dying in the U.S. Pacific Northwest -
In biology publishing shakeup, eLife will require submissions to be posted as preprints
The journal will also publish all peer reviews, including those of rejected papers -
Rocket-launching drone ready to take satellites into orbit
Aevum’s RAVN-X targeting “smallsat” market with 2021 Space Force launch -
Researchers restore lost sight in mice, offering clues to reversing aging
But many hurdles remain before approach can be tried in people -
‘Malicious and misconceived.’ Indian vaccine producer hits back at complaint from trial volunteer
Serum Institute of India rejects link between its vaccine and neurological symptoms—but declines to provide details -
Chimpanzee sanctuaries are under fire. Can a new science-based tool improve ape welfare?
Approach aims to help sanctuaries provide better care for retired research chimps -
The best way to win a horse race? Mathematicians may have the answer
Analyses of GPS-tracked competitions reveal fast starts lead to strong finishes -
How cats get their stripes
Newly uncovered developmental mechanism may pattern the coats of other mammals, too -
U.K. seeks site for world’s first fusion power station
Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production reactor would be small—key to avoiding astronomical costs -
‘Wonderful news to wake up to’: U.K. greenlights Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
Rollout may start next week, prioritizing health workers, the elderly, and other vulnerable populations -
CDC advisory panel takes first shot at prioritizing who gets the first shots of COVID-19 vaccines
Health workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities top the list; tougher decisions lie ahead -
Famed primatologist fired for mismanagement of funds for chimp habitat
International researchers support Japan’s Tetsuro Matsuzawa, who admits accounting mistakes -
Scientists fear no-deal Brexit as deadline looms
U.K. researchers in limbo, weeks from crashing out of EU trade and travel rules -
Dam threatening world’s rarest great ape faces delays
Scientists urge independent study of the Tapanuli orangutan population after Chinese bank pulls out of Sumatra hydropower project -
Europe plans space claw to capture orbiting junk
2025 ClearSpace-1 mission will dispose of washing machine–size debris -
Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run
Heavy instrument platform falls before engineers can perform controlled demolition -
‘The game has changed.’ AI triumphs at solving protein structures
In milestone, software predictions finally match structures calculated from experimental data -
‘Absolutely remarkable’: No one who got Moderna’s vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19
Biotech will ask FDA for emergency approval as final results from efficacy trial back up initial claim of vaccine success -
Federal system for tracking hospital beds and COVID-19 patients provides questionable data
HHS Protect data, which influence how pandemic supplies and support are allocated, conflict with state or other federal data, Science has found -
Assassination of top Iran weapons scientist dims hopes for nuclear diplomacy
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh likened to Oppenheimer, who headed the Manhattan Project -
Podcast: Coronavirus in schools, triggering leaves to fall, and a book on how nature deals with crisis
On this week’s show: What we’ve learned about keeping schools safe during a pandemic, what triggers the timing of fall leaves, and a book about what nature does when confronted with crisis -
With global push for COVID-19 vaccines, China aims to win friends and cut deals
Its version of Warp Speed aims not just to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, but to build diplomatic and trade ties -
Largest ever research integrity survey flounders as universities refuse to cooperate
Many institutions decline to participate in Dutch study, fearing bad press on a sensitive subject -
After dosing mix-up, latest COVID-19 vaccine success comes with big question mark
Researchers wonder why lower dose prompted better efficacy in study of vaccine candidate from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca
