science news 2019
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Covid-19 news: Nearly 30 million in China are now living in lockdown
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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‘It looks like Iron Curtain 2.’ Arctic research with Russia curtailed after Ukraine invasion
This year, polar bears will cross from Alaska to Siberia as they do every spring, plodding across the frozen Chukchi…
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Covid-19 news: Arthritis drug shows promise to treat severe cases
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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Mathematicians Protest Russia Hosting Major Conference
As Ukrainian researchers have feared for their lives and careers after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mathematicians have been grappling over…
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U.N. panel warns of global warming’s toll on humans and nature
Over the past 70 years, humanity has made great strides on a number of metrics: increasing life expectancy, cutting hunger…
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Cleaning products cause indoor pollution levels similar to a busy road
Fragrant chemicals in scented surface cleaners react with ozone to produce pollutant particles that may be harmful to the respiratory…
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This scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories—and why
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 375, Issue 6582. On a warm Wednesday morning in October, Herman…
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The Lab-Leak Hypothesis Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth
Whenever scientific findings threaten people’s sense of control over their lives, conspiracy theories are never far behind. The emergence of…
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Tracking Outbreaks Through Sewers, and Kids’ Vaccines on Hold Again | COVID Quickly, Episode 24
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict Prompted U.S. to Develop Autonomous Drone Swarms, 1,000-Mile Cannon
When Russia annexed Crimea and meddled in Ukraine’s Donets Basin, or Donbas, region in 2014, its military revealed new technology,…
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