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‘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 -
Elephants can lose two bathtubs full of water in a single day when it gets hot
Study could spell trouble for the already vulnerable pachyderms -
India needs more transparency in its COVID-19 vaccine trials, critics say
Researchers warn secrecy could harm public trust -
Atom smasher unearths surprises hidden with 2000-year-old mummy
Intense x-ray beams detect unusual artifact and a misleading portrait -
Megalodon was a megalo-mom
Tooth analysis provides strongest evidence yet that these monster sharks commonly used nurseries -
With more data on its COVID-19 vaccine, Russian institute offers new evidence of success
Sputnik V vaccine still has more than 90% efficacy in second interim analysis -
For scientists studying ‘disaster fatigue,’ this has been a year like no other
COVID-19 and repeated storms and wildfires have shaped how people perceive risks -
Magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into minirobots
Scientists engineer new material to help craft nimble, multipurpose machines -
Precise maps of millions of bright quasars show our place in the cosmos as never before
Celestial reference frames built from Gaia star-mapping satellite promise better planetary navigation and telescope pointing -
For €9500, Nature journals will now make your paper free to read
Prominent family of highly selective journals expands open-access option -
Californian cave artists may have used hallucinogens, find reveals
Native American rock art appears to depict the psychoactive flower, rather than the experience of getting high -
‘Death has become a big business.’ Elaborate coffins illuminate hidden history of ancient Egypt
Finds from the Saqqara necropolis suggest a society trying to revive the past -
Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone
After a decade, National Ignition Facility nears a self-heated, sustained reaction, though net energy gain is still elusive -
Another COVID-19 vaccine success? Candidate may prevent further coronavirus transmission, too
AstraZeneca/University of Oxford vaccine uses a chimpanzee virus to deliver coronavirus gene and had better efficacy, 90%, when given as a half dose followed by a full dose -
After scalding critiques of study on gender and mentorship, journal says it is reviewing the work
Nature Communications paper claims female mentors are bad for early-career female scientists -
Worlds collide when three Science reporters—and parents—cover coronavirus and schools
Journalists discuss what it’s like to live the stories they’re reporting -
Should researchers shelve plans to deliberately infect people with the coronavirus?
Vaccine successes raise doubts even as planning for first “human challenge” trial continues
