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Hardy water bears survive bullet impacts—up to a point

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Forget throat swabs: Dutch company claims its breathalyzer can help sniff out COVID-19

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Human tissue preserved since World War I yields new clues about 1918 pandemic

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Scientists tracking coronavirus variants struggle with global blind spots

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Decades after a tragic failure, gene therapy successfully treats a rare liver disease

By Jocelyn KaiserMay. 18, 2021
China overhauls its public health bureaucracy

By Dennis NormileMay. 18, 2021
Highest ever energy light captured by Chinese mountain observatory

By Ling XinMay. 18, 2021
Hardy water bears survive bullet impacts—up to a point

By Jonathan O'CallaghanMay. 18, 2021
United States set to allow more facilities to produce marijuana for research

By Meredith WadmanMay. 17, 2021
Forget throat swabs: Dutch company claims its breathalyzer can help sniff out COVID-19

By Jop de VriezeMay. 17, 2021
Human tissue preserved since World War I yields new clues about 1918 pandemic

By Kai KupferschmidtMay. 17, 2021
Scientists tracking coronavirus variants struggle with global blind spots

By Meredith WadmanMay. 14, 2021

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Science Magazine

Vol 372, Issue 6543
14 May 2021

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Arctic ice loss not a big culprit in harsh winters

By Paul VoosenMay. 14, 2021
China's population still growing, census shows—but barely

By Dennis NormileMay. 14, 2021
Fission reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl

By Richard StoneMay. 14, 2021
Ancient poop reveals extinction in gut bacteria

By Andrew CurryMay. 14, 2021
Shipping rule cleans the air but dirties the water

By Erik StokstadMay. 14, 2021
As U.S. pandemic subsides, conferences explore ‘hybrids’

By Katie LanginMay. 14, 2021
Do coronavirus genes slip into human chromosomes?

By Jon CohenMay. 14, 2021

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Earth was once a planet of the apes—and they set the stage for human evolution

By Meagan CantwellMay. 11, 2021
These strange salt ‘creatures’ could help unclog power plant pipes

By Joel GoldbergApr. 28, 2021
Sponges can crawl, but it costs them bits of their bodies

By Nikk OgasaApr. 26, 2021
How highly magnetized neutron stars set off powerful cosmic explosions

By Meagan CantwellApr. 23, 2021
Alaska’s forest fires are shifting the region’s carbon balance—sometimes for the better

By Joel GoldbergApr. 15, 2021

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China overhauls its public health bureaucracy

By Dennis NormileMay. 18, 2021
United States set to allow more facilities to produce marijuana for research

By Meredith WadmanMay. 17, 2021
Forget throat swabs: Dutch company claims its breathalyzer can help sniff out COVID-19

By Jop de VriezeMay. 17, 2021
Scientists tracking coronavirus variants struggle with global blind spots

By Meredith WadmanMay. 14, 2021
The pandemic surge at home is threatening an Indian vaccinemaker’s bid to protect the world

By Jon CohenMay. 14, 2021

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Sifter

Sugars spice up RNA

By Robert ServiceMay. 18, 2021
Paralyzed person types at record speed—by imagining handwriting

By Kelly ServickMay. 13, 2021
Climate change is triggering more lightning strikes in the Arctic

By Sofia MoutinhoApr. 7, 2021
Tropical forest destruction increases, despite the pandemic

By Sofia MoutinhoMar. 31, 2021
Pesticide-blocking gene transferred from plants to animals

By Sofia MoutinhoMar. 26, 2021

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