On November 3, Vote to End Attacks on Science

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October 09, 2020

Policy & Ethics On November 3, Vote to End Attacks on Science Choosing Donald Trump for president is choosing fiction over fact—a fatal mistake By THE EDITORS

Natural Disasters A Running List of Record-Breaking Natural Disasters in 2020 The year has already seen many extremes, from California's and Colorado's largest wildfires to a tropical cyclone boom By Andrea Thompson

Medicine What China's Speedy COVID Vaccine Deployment Means for the Pandemic China has promised vaccines to many countries, but whether it can meet its commitments is unclear By David Cyranoski,Nature magazine

Public Health Trump's COVID Case Could Be Entering a Crucial Stage Doctors say the president could be heading for a bad stretch in prolonged illness—or an upward path to recovery By Monique Brouillette

Biology Bundles of Plant-Water-Transportation Cells Resemble Snake Eyes A microscopic image reveals a plant's vascular system By Andrea Gawrylewski

Climate Climate Change May Cause More Storms to Rapidly Intensify, As Delta Did A warming climate is not expected to have much effect on the number of storms, but those that do form may be stronger By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Policy & Ethics Why Doubt Is Essential to Science If people don't understand how science works, they can't properly understand how to think about new findings By Liv Grjebine

Public Health Coronavirus News Roundup, October 3-October 9 Pandemic news highlights for the week By Robin Lloyd

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