Will the Vaccine End the Pandemic? This Question Must Be Answered Firston December 29, 2020 at 5:25 pm

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COVID vaccines can prevent symptoms, but no one knows if they can stop the virus.Read More

As the Arctic Continues its Meltdown, Economic Exploitation Quickenstom.yulsman@colorado.edu (Tom Yulsman)on December 29, 2020 at 6:00 pm

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Call it the 'polar paradox': warming opens the Arctic to more oil drilling and shipping, which causes yet more warming.Read…

Top 20 Citizen Science Projects of 2020on December 29, 2020 at 7:00 pm

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Citizen science has seen significant growth during the pandemic. In 2020, these were the top projects on SciStarter.org.Read More

Computer Model Predicts When and Where Extraterrestrial Life Is Most Likely to Emerge in Our Galaxy (Spoiler: It’s Not Here)on December 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm

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Earth sits outside the region of the Milky Way where life is most likely to have arisen, say astronomers.Read More

The Maya Civilization’s Religion Was More Than Just Ritual Sacrificesnscharping@discovermagazine.com (Nathaniel Scharping)on December 29, 2020 at 4:00 pm

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Though best known for bloody ceremonies, Maya spirituality was more nuanced and involved than it’s usually portrayed.Read More

Current spacesuits won’t cut it on the moon. So NASA made new ones.Neel Patelon December 29, 2020 at 11:00 am

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A spacesuit is more like a miniature spacecraft you wear around your body than an item of clothing. It’s pressurized,…

Why 2020 was a pivotal, contradictory year for facial recognitionTate Ryan-Mosleyon December 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm

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America’s first confirmed wrongful arrest by facial recognition technology happened in January 2020. Robert Williams, a Black man, was arrested…

Current spacesuits won’t cut it on the moon. So NASA made new ones.on December 29, 2020 at 11:00 am

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The most interesting work, however, has to do with NASA's next-generation spacesuit for astronauts going to the moon--the eXploration Extravehicular…

Why 2020 was a pivotal, contradictory year for facial recognitionon December 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm

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"The Clearview story really freaked a lot of people out--as it should," says Jameson Spivack, a policy associate at Georgetown…

Green body gives verdict on Boris Johnson carbon-cutting policieson December 29, 2020 at 8:39 am

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The Green Alliance says there is gap between the PM's plans and what is needed to meet carbon targets.Read MoreBBC…