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Science | Nov. 25, 2020

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With global push for COVID-19 vaccines, China aims to win friends and cut deals

Latest News | Nov. 25, 2020

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With more data on its COVID-19 vaccine, Russian institute offers new evidence of success

ScienceInsider | Nov. 24, 2020

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Precise maps of millions of bright quasars show our place in the cosmos as never before

Latest News | Nov. 24, 2020

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Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone

Latest News | Nov. 23, 2020

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Assassination of top Iran weapons scientist dims hopes for nuclear diplomacy

By Richard StoneNov. 27, 2020
Podcast: Coronavirus in schools, triggering leaves to fall, and a book on how nature deals with crisis

By Sarah Crespi, Jennifer Couzin-FrankelNov. 26, 2020
With global push for COVID-19 vaccines, China aims to win friends and cut deals

By Jon CohenNov. 25, 2020
Largest ever research integrity survey flounders as universities refuse to cooperate

By Jop de VriezeNov. 25, 2020
After dosing mix-up, latest COVID-19 vaccine success comes with big question mark

By Jon CohenNov. 25, 2020
Elephants can lose two bathtubs full of water in a single day when it gets hot

By Christa Lesté-LasserreNov. 25, 2020
India needs more transparency in its COVID-19 vaccine trials, critics say

By Shreya DasguptaNov. 25, 2020
Atom smasher unearths surprises hidden with 2000-year-old mummy

By Colin BarrasNov. 24, 2020

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Science Magazine

Vol 370, Issue 6520
27 November 2020

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned

By Daniel CleryNov. 27, 2020
Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone

By Daniel CleryNov. 27, 2020
Study homes in on ‘exceptional responders’ to cancer drugs

By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 27, 2020
Potential signs of life on Venus are fading fast

By Paul VoosenNov. 27, 2020
Public needs to prep for vaccine side effects

By Meredith WadmanNov. 27, 2020

Features

Grade: Incomplete

By Gretchen Vogel, Jennifer Couzin-FrankelNov. 27, 2020
Guiding lights

By Joshua SokolNov. 27, 2020

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By Joel GoldbergNov. 24, 2020
Fires can kindle biodiversity, sparking new approaches to conservation

By Meagan Cantwell, Katie FreeNov. 19, 2020
This scientist buoys a small firm’s quest to make a top-notch COVID-19 vaccine

By Meagan CantwellNov. 17, 2020
Watch speedy drones count Antarctic penguin colonies in record time

By Joel GoldbergNov. 10, 2020
Why bird brains are more brilliant than anyone suspected

By Meagan CantwellOct. 22, 2020

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Largest ever research integrity survey flounders as universities refuse to cooperate

By Jop de VriezeNov. 25, 2020
After dosing mix-up, latest COVID-19 vaccine success comes with big question mark

By Jon CohenNov. 25, 2020
India needs more transparency in its COVID-19 vaccine trials, critics say

By Shreya DasguptaNov. 25, 2020
With more data on its COVID-19 vaccine, Russian institute offers new evidence of success

By Kai KupferschmidtNov. 24, 2020
For scientists studying ‘disaster fatigue,’ this has been a year like no other

By Rasha AridiNov. 24, 2020

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Space is filled with unexplained light

By Lucy HicksNov. 19, 2020
Breast milk contains coronavirus antibodies, study suggests

By Lucy HicksNov. 19, 2020
Hurricanes are retaining their strength after reaching land, study suggests

By Lucy HicksNov. 11, 2020
Injection of long-acting drug prevents HIV in women

By Lucy HicksNov. 9, 2020
Newly discovered reef is taller than a skyscraper

By Lucy HicksOct. 30, 2020

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