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November 30, 2020

Dear Reader, Are you good at recognizing faces? Find out by taking a specially designed online test that's featured in our lead story. Next, a tiny CubeSat could carry all of Earth's species into space in the form of their genomes. Also featured in today's roundup: anaerobic bacteria synthesize a promising "2-D" material, and the case for universal property—an innovative idea that goes beyond income to the economic bedrock of wealth.

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Cognition Take This Quiz to See If You Are a Face 'Super-Recognizer' Many with this skill have a feeling they are special. A freely available test helps them confirm their intuitions By Jan Dönges

Medical & Biotech Metal-Breathing Bacteria Synthesize High-Tech Material Bacterial breathing helps to build a futuristic "2-D" semiconductor By Karen Kwon

Space Noah's Spaceship A craft built to save Earth's biodiversity from a planetary crisis would be far tinier—but vastly more far-reaching—than the biblical Ark By Avi Loeb

Policy & Ethics The Case for 'Universal Property' An idea pioneered by Alaska could inoculate society against extreme inequality By James K. Boyce

Environment New Wind Turbine Blades Could be Recycled Instead of Landfilled If the blades can hold up to outdoor conditions, they could help accelerate onshore and offshore wind power By John Fialka,E&E News

Climate Sea Angels and Sea Butterflies Reveal Climate Change Consequences The delicate marine animals known as sea angels are facing unprecedented change because of global warming By Doris Elin Urrutia

Public Health The COVID Science Wars Shutting down scientific debate is hurting the public health By Jeanne Lenzer,Shannon Brownlee

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Superior Face Recognition: A Very Special Super Power Surprising research into "super-recognizers" By Anna K. Bobak,Sarah Bate | February 2016

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