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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 new Research Article that shows that the coronavirus spike protein has flexible hinges shielded from antibodies by glycans, which may allow the virus to surreptitiously “scan” the host cell surface for binding sites. Can you catch COVID-19 from your neighbor’s toilet? By Jocelyn Kaiser | Fri, 04 Sep 2020 ‘Absolutely horrendous.’ Scientists discuss Beirut’s blast and how they are coping with its aftermath By Rasha Aridi | Fri, 04 Sep 2020 Leader of U.S. vaccine push says he‘ll quit if politics trumps science By Jon Cohen | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 How democracies are now ‘backsliding’ in countries from Russia to the United States By Rasha Aridi | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 It’s not just cars that make pollution. It’s the roads they drive on, too By Erik Stokstad | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 Commission charts narrow path for editing human embryos By Jon Cohen | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t drink milk By Andrew Curry | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 Poisoning of Putin opponent renews spotlight on deadly Russian chemical weapon By Science’s News Staff | Wed, 02 Sep 2020 Watch levitating upside-down boats flip the law of buoyancy By Edd Gent | Wed, 02 Sep 2020 Industrial waste can turn planet-warming carbon dioxide into stone By Robert F. Service | Thu, 03 Sep 2020 Most massive black hole merger yet puzzles astronomers By Daniel Clery | Wed, 02 Sep 2020 Can Europe tame the pandemic’s next wave? By Kai Kupferschmidt | Tue, 01 Sep 2020 Parasitic worms found in medieval human remains hold secret for eradicating them today By Michael Price | Tue, 01 Sep 2020 Bodybuilding supplement promotes healthy aging and extends life span, at least in mice By Jocelyn Kaiser | Tue, 01 Sep 2020 Massive fraud investigation targets prominent Brazilian health researcher By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | Tue, 01 Sep 2020 New Guinea’s mysterious singing dogs found again in the wild By Michael Price | Mon, 31 Aug 2020 In Brazil’s wealthiest state, scientists fear a budget plan could cripple research By Ignacio Amigo | Mon, 31 Aug 2020 The world’s deepest freshwater cave just got a whole lot deeper By Charlotte Hartley | Mon, 31 Aug 2020 Some mosquitoes already have resistance to the latest weapon against malaria By Munyaradzi Makoni | Mon, 31 Aug 2020 Tales from the storm: how four scientists tracked Hurricane Laura By Rasha Aridi | Fri, 28 Aug 2020 How transforming riverbanks can clean contaminated waterways By Meagan Cantwell | Fri, 28 Aug 2020 China again boosts R&D spending by more than 10% By Dennis Normile | Fri, 28 Aug 2020 Here’s how the U.S. could release a COVID-19 vaccine before the election—and why that scares some By Jon Cohen | Fri, 28 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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