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Labmade antibodies can prevent HIV infection—but only if they match the virus

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Ice age Siberian hunters may have domesticated dogs 23,000 years ago

Latest News | Jan. 25, 2021

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Monoclonal antibodies can prevent COVID-19—but successful vaccines complicate their future

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High-profile Chinese scientist cleared of fraud and plagiarism charges involving more than 60 papers

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Labmade antibodies can prevent HIV infection—but only if they match the virus

By Jon CohenJan. 26, 2021
Proud of vaccine success, Warp Speed’s ex–science head talks politics, presidents, and future pandemics

By Jon CohenJan. 25, 2021
Ice age Siberian hunters may have domesticated dogs 23,000 years ago

By David GrimmJan. 25, 2021
Monoclonal antibodies can prevent COVID-19—but successful vaccines complicate their future

By Jon CohenJan. 22, 2021
Trump downplayed the costs of carbon pollution. That’s about to change

By Paul VoosenJan. 22, 2021
High-profile Chinese scientist cleared of fraud and plagiarism charges involving more than 60 papers

By Dennis NormileJan. 22, 2021
The wondrous life—and dramatic death—of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory

By Joel GoldbergJan. 22, 2021

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Science Magazine

Vol 371, Issue 6527
22 January 2021

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

New mutations raise specter of ‘immune escape’

By Kai KupferschmidtJan. 22, 2021
Disgraced COVID-19 studies are still routinely cited

By Charles PillerJan. 22, 2021
Controversial study says U.S. labs use 111 million mice, rats

By David GrimmJan. 22, 2021
What causes IBS pain? Maybe immune flare-ups

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelJan. 22, 2021
Global temperatures in 2020 tied record highs

By Paul VoosenJan. 22, 2021

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Video reveals why woodpeckers don’t get stuck to trees

By Elizabeth PennisiJan. 7, 2021
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By Tess JoosseJan. 6, 2021
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By Elizabeth PennisiJan. 4, 2021
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Proud of vaccine success, Warp Speed’s ex–science head talks politics, presidents, and future pandemics

By Jon CohenJan. 25, 2021
Monoclonal antibodies can prevent COVID-19—but successful vaccines complicate their future

By Jon CohenJan. 22, 2021
Trump downplayed the costs of carbon pollution. That’s about to change

By Paul VoosenJan. 22, 2021
High-profile Chinese scientist cleared of fraud and plagiarism charges involving more than 60 papers

By Dennis NormileJan. 22, 2021
Media outlets inconsistently mention uncertain status of COVID-19 preprints

By Cathleen O’GradyJan. 21, 2021

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By Sofia MoutinhoJan. 15, 2021
Experimental drug may slow cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s

By Sofia MoutinhoJan. 11, 2021
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By Sofia MoutinhoJan. 8, 2021
World’s first dwarf giraffes spotted in Uganda and Namibia

By Sofia MoutinhoJan. 8, 2021
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By Sofia MoutinhoJan. 5, 2021

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