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Andrew Cuomo Should Resign
Policy & Ethics
Policy & Ethics
Science and Society Are Failing Children in the COVID Era
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Green Alternative to Border Wall Might Have Saved Texas
A U.S.-Mexico corridor of renewable energy and water could have prevented widespread emergencies
Physics
Physics
This Is the Fastest Random-Number Generator Ever Built
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Policy & Ethics
Andrew Cuomo Should Resign
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Policy & Ethics
Science and Society Are Failing Children in the COVID Era
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Biology
100-Million-Year-Old Seafloor Sediment Bacteria Have Been Resuscitated
Climate
Climate
Huge Atmospheric Rivers Could Quicken Antarctic Ice Melt
Biology
Biology
Kangaroos with Puppy Dog Eyes
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Medical & Biotech
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NASA Needs to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope
The successor to the Hubble honors a man who took part in the effort to purge LGBT people from the federal workforce
Is It Safe to Delay a Second COVID Vaccine Dose?
Some evidence indicates that short waits are safe, but there is a chance that partial immunization could help risky new coronavirus variants to develop
Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests
A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in places with the most active movements
People Literally Don’t Know When to Shut Up—or Keep Talking—Science Confirms
We are really bad at navigating a key transition point during one of the most basic social interactions
The COVID Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language
Deaf people are adapting signs to accommodate the limitations of video communication while working from home
Until Recently, People Accepted the ‘Fact’ of Aliens in the Solar System
For centuries, right up until the 1960s, the notion life on Mars—and elsewhere—wasn’t considered especially remarkable
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The Black Lives Matter Movement
Policy & Ethics
What began as a call to action in response to police violence and anti-Black racism in the U.S. is now a global initiative to confront racial inequities in society, including environmental injustice, bias in academia and the public health threat of racism.
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