Month: December 2021
82 posts
Airborne DNA from plants could reveal invasive species, impact of climate change | Science
Inventorying the plants in a tract of woods or fields or searching for invasive species can take days…
Once a ‘crazy idea,’ patent-pooling nonprofit will help bring COVID-19 pills to world’s poor | Science
In the United States, widespread hope greeted the decision by the Food and Drug Administration last week to…
What the Charles Lieber verdict says about U.S. China Initiative | Science
Last week, Harvard University chemist Charles Lieber became the first academic scientist targeted by the U.S. government’s controversial…
The natural world loses two of its biggest advocates | Science
This weekend saw the deaths of two of the world’s strongest advocates of protecting the world’s flora and…
More than a virus: Science’s areas to watch in 2022 | Science
COVID-19 COVID-19 looms large over the next year in science Any look at the immediate future of science…
Arduous trip through Amazon brings COVID-19 vaccines to vulnerable groups | Science
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 374, Issue 6575. “Vaccine! Let’s vaccinate everyone!” Shouts go…
Gene pinpointed that helps put human hearts in the right place | Science
From the outside, humans are pleasingly symmetrical, with arms, legs, and eyes that have matching right and left…
NASA’s Webb telescope takes flight—a Christmas gift to astronomers everywhere | Science
NASA’s most expensive telescope ever is in space at last. The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, an…
U.S. allows Merck’s COVID-19 pill amid safety, variant concerns | Science
The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday authorized another new pill to treat the Omicron variant,…
Novavax’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine authorizations offer an alternative to mRNA | Science
The small Maryland biotechnology company Novavax has finally joined the ranks of high-profile COVID-19 vaccine developers after winning…
