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China announces major boost for R&D, but plan lacks ambitious climate targets

By Dennis NormileMar. 5, 2021
A technique to track Earth’s subtle movements with orbiting radars is heating up

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By Cathleen O’GradyMar. 5, 2021
Podcast: The world’s oldest pet cemetery, and how eyeless worms can see color

By Sarah Crespi, David GrimmMar. 4, 2021
Butterflies are vanishing in the western U.S.—but not for the reasons scientists thought

By Elizabeth PennisiMar. 4, 2021
These bacteria-gobbling immune cells help the body heal—but also cause surgical complications

By Mitch LeslieMar. 4, 2021
This physician has studied the Fukushima disaster for a decade—and found a surprising health threat

By Dennis NormileMar. 4, 2021
Why cleaning up Fukushima’s damaged reactors will take another 30 years

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Vol 371, Issue 6533
5 March 2021

In Brief

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WHO's treatment megatrial is at a standstill

By Kai KupferschmidtMar. 5, 2021
Data in paper about Swedish schoolchildren come under fire

By Gretchen VogelMar. 5, 2021
Life could use oxygen long before it was abundant

By Robert F. ServiceMar. 5, 2021
First Brazilian-made satellite watches the Amazon

By Sofia MoutinhoMar. 5, 2021
The genes behind the sexiest birds on the planet

By Elizabeth PennisiMar. 5, 2021
NIH apologizes for ‘structural racism,’ pledges change

By Jocelyn KaiserMar. 5, 2021

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Ireland’s main science funder plans for budget boost

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