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Brought to you by Science/AAAS Weekly News and Headlines For our latest research, commentary, and news on the coronavirus outbreak, visit Science‘s collection page. All of our coronavirus coverage has been made freely available, including a Report showing the period between one infected person starting to show symptoms to when the next infected person does (serial interval) changes as interventions and immunity become effective. What does the COVID-19 summer surge mean for your cats and dogs? By David Grimm | Fri, 14 Aug 2020 How will COVID-19 affect the coming flu season? Scientists struggle for clues By Kelly Servick | Fri, 14 Aug 2020 The pandemic stilled human activity. What did this ‘anthropause’ mean for wildlife? By Erik Stokstad | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 World’s oldest camp bedding found in South African cave By Cathleen O’Grady | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 Why flu vaccines don’t protect people for long By Jon Cohen | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 From lobsters to honey bees, social distancing is common in the animal kingdom By Lucy Hicks | Fri, 14 Aug 2020 This physician has battled epidemics, quakes, and poverty in Haiti. Now, she’s taking on COVID-19 By Robert Bazell | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 COVID-19 and Brexit disruption offer chance to build stronger system, says new U.K. research funding head By Cathleen O’Grady | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 Medieval DNA suggests Columbus didn’t trigger syphilis epidemic in Europe By Charlotte Hartley | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 Georgia Tech scientist gets lighter sentence in grant violation case because of her work on coronavirus By Jeffrey Mervis | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 Arecibo radio telescope goes dark after snapped cable shreds dish By Daniel Clery | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 An unusual meteorite, more valuable than gold, may hold the building blocks of life By Joshua Sokol | Thu, 13 Aug 2020 New Zealand suspects ‘some failure at the border’ after COVID-19 returns By Dennis Normile | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 Your hair can crack steel when it hits the right spot By Meagan Cantwell | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 ‘We’re losing an entire generation of scientists.’ COVID-19’s economic toll hits Latin America hard By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 In reversal, ornithologists yank Confederate general’s name from bird By Eli Cahan | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 This is the way the universe ends: not with a whimper, but a bang By Adam Mann | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 Few Black educators win prestigious White House teaching award By Jeffrey Mervis | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 Russia’s approval of a COVID-19 vaccine is less than meets the press release By Jon Cohen | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 Fed-up archaeologists aim to fix ‘frat party’ atmosphere at field schools By Lizzie Wade | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why By Linda Nordling | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 Senior U.S. lawmaker wants National Academies to scrutinize racism in science By Jeffrey Mervis | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 Astronomers spy a Milky Way–like galaxy in very early universe By Daniel Clery | Wed, 12 Aug 2020 Don’t crush that ant—it could plant a wildflower By Elizabeth Pennisi | Tue, 11 Aug 2020 ‘Its body looked like a warzone.’ Air pollution could kill off critical honey bees in India By Harini Barath | Mon, 10 Aug 2020 AI invents new ‘recipes’ for potential COVID-19 drugs By Robert F. Service | Fri, 07 Aug 2020 Journals Science Science Advances Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine Science Immunology Science Robotics Useful links Home Journals Topics Careers Help Access & subscriptions Reprints & permissions Contact us

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