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COVID Risks at the Tokyo Olympics Aren’t Being Managed, Experts Say

Maddie Bender

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The Neuroscience of Taking Turns in a Conversation

Melissa J. Coleman and Eric Fortune | Opinion

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Wolves Raised by Humans Can’t Understand People like Dogs Can

Tess Joosse

Star Trek’s Warp Drive Leads to New Physics

Researchers are taking a closer look at this science-fiction staple—and bringing the idea a little closer to reality

Robert Gast and Spektrum

Public Health

COVID Risks at the Tokyo Olympics Aren’t Being Managed, Experts Say

Maddie Bender

Neuroscience

The Neuroscience of Taking Turns in a Conversation

Melissa J. Coleman and Eric Fortune | Opinion

Biology

Wolves Raised by Humans Can’t Understand People like Dogs Can

Tess Joosse

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Policy & Ethics

What You Know about Trump’s Assault on Science Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Dana Gold and Lauren Kurtz | Opinion

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E.U. Set to Unveil First-Ever Carbon Border Tax

Sara Schonhardt and E&E News

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The Case for Antiracism

Andrea Gawrylewski

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How to Tell if Extraterrestrial Visitors Are Friend or Foe

Avi Loeb | Opinion

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Soaring Temperatures, Wildfire Threaten California's Power Grid

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E News

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Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics

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Aliens Might Already Be Watching Us

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If you understand how these systems operate, then you understand why they could change everything.

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A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of ‘Long COVID’

We need to plan for a future where millions of survivors are chronically ill

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A Possible Link between ‘Oumuamua and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

If some UAP turn out to be extraterrestrial technology, they could be dropping sensors for a subsequent craft to tune into. What if ‘Oumuamua is such a craft?

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This Pride Month, discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination

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