Scientists are drowning in Covid-19 papers. Can new tools keep them afloat?

The hunt is on for better ways to collect and search pandemic studies | Continue reading


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Ancient DNA reveals staying power of early people of the Andes

Despite cultural upheavals, highlands residents persisted | Continue reading


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T cells found in Covid-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity

New findings suggest past infections may offer some protection against the novel coronavirus | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

T cells found in Covid-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity

New findings suggest past infections may offer some protection against the novel coronavirus | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Can Nuclear Fallout Make It Rain?

Radioactivity in the air may have boosted precipitation during the Cold War | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Vaccine opponents gaining in Facebook ‘battle for hearts and minds,’ map shows

Antivaccine pages are more connected, growing faster than pro-vaccine pages | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from Covid-19

Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Artificial chloroplasts turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into organic compounds

Mimics might one day synthesize drug molecules, turbocharge natural photosynthesis | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

'Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects

Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Ancient DNA reveals staying power of early people of the Andes

Despite cultural upheavals, highlands residents persisted | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hiding in plain sight

The black hole in the triple system HR 6819 is just 1000 light years from Earth | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

NIH’s axing of bat coronavirus grant a ‘horrible precedent’

Emails show agency reacted to unproven claims that pandemic started at Wuhan, China, lab | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

The archaeological record is full of dog poop

Method designed to distinguish ancient human from canine feces reveals surprises | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

New York clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against coronavirus

Hospital data from China and a classified drug screening program led to the rapid launch of $21 million study | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

New York clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against coronavirus

Hospital data from China and a classified drug screening program led to the rapid launch of $21 million study | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Covid-19 vaccine protects monkeys from new coronavirus, Chinese biotech reports

China’s Sinovac makes headway with old-fashioned technology that “kills” whole virus | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Archivists uncover earliest evidence of a person being killed by a meteorite

Evidence of extraterrestrial killer found in Turkey | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Surveys suggesting vast undercount of coronavirus infections may be unreliable

Critics question accuracy of tests and media promotion before full results are published | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Controversial ‘gene drive’ could disarm deadly wheat pathogen

Lab tests show potential of gene-spreading strategy to fight plant diseases | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body

The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Gravitational waves reveal unprecedented collision of heavy+light black holes

Wobbly black hole merger adds another confirmation for Einstein’s theory of gravity | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Refilling California’s Aquifers

Scientists are figuring out how more winter floodwater can be stored underground, but agricultural cutbacks may still be needed | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Do it yourself? When the researcher becomes the subject (2016)

Scientists studying themselves must weigh the benefits and the potential complications | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself – Science – AAAS

Advance replicates decades of AI research in days | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself

Advance replicates decades of AI research in days | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Giant viruses aren’t alive. So why have they stolen genes essential for life?

Scan of ocean microbes reveals some surprises | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

I don't use humor in scientific presentations

Our columnist explains why he stopped including jokes in his talks—and why he’s now trying to start again | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error

There’s no scientific consensus on when it’s safe to reopen schools, businesses, restaurants, and bars | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Does a sea of viruses inside our body help keep us healthy? (2017)

Study suggests people may absorb 30 billion bacteria-killing viruses every day | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Illness and disability loom after weeks on a ventilator | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Watch out Silicon Valley: European Union gets into the venture capital game

European Innovation Council buys shares in disruptive technology startups | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Scientists have turned the structure of the coronavirus into music

“Sonification” could help researchers identify binding sites for new drugs | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

The effort to produce the world’s most popular coronavirus tracker

How a small university team built a COVID-19 data site that draws 1 billion clicks a day | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Can a century-old TB vaccine steel the immune system against the new coronavirus

Scientists launch trial of bacillus Calmette-Guérin, a vaccine made of living bacteria, to protect health care workers at risk of COVID-19 infection | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

The United States leads in coronavirus cases, but not pandemic response

Conflicting messages, lack of coordination hamper efforts to curb infections | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Philip Anderson, legendary theorist whose ideas shaped modern physics, dies

Combative savant made contributions—and enemies—across many fields | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Lead pollution in ancient ice cores track the rise and fall of medieval kings

New ultra-high resolution method records pollution deposited on ice over weeks or even days | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns

The coronavirus highlights the “huge responsibility” of infectious disease modelers | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Not wearing masks for Covid-19 is a ‘big mistake,’ top Chinese scientist says

George Gao, head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, offers insights from the front | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

The psychologist exploring unconscious bias–and its consequences for society

Jennifer Eberhardt’s experiments reveal impact of implicit racial bias, from classroom discipline to police shootings | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Scientists plant ‘sentinel trees’ to warn of devastating pests

Groves could help prevent spread of damaging exotic insects | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Singapore claims first use of antibody test to track coronavirus infections

Researchers hope serological testing will help them better understand the epidemic | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Labs Euthanize Mice in Response to Coronavirus

Universities mandate or encourage rodent euthanasia to save resources and protect staff | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Cellphone tracking could help stem coronavirus spread. Is privacy the price?

Researchers strategize ways to trace infections and contacts amid data protection laws | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments

Simple design aims to let even overwhelmed physicians and hospitals participate | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

'I'm going to keep pushing.' Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic

The infectious disease researcher has become the United States’s most trusted coronavirus expert | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago

Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic

The infectious disease researcher has become America’s most trusted coronavirus expert | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 4 years ago