Vaccines Alone Are Not Enough to Beat COVID

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February 08, 2021

Public Health Vaccines Alone Are Not Enough to Beat COVID It could take years to immunize everyone, so we need to work on discovering new treatments as well—and fast By Kevin J. Tracey

Biology Hormone Levels Are Being Used to Discriminate against Female Athletes Despite slim evidence, testosterone is keeping some women off the field By Grace Huckins

Public Health Why the U.S. Is Underestimating COVID Reinfection Many U.S. states aren't rigorously tracking or investigating suspected cases of reinfection By JoNel Aleccia,Kaiser Health News

Climate Biden Pushes U.S.--and the World--to Help Climate Migrants He has ordered a government study of climate change's impact on migration, including options for refugee resettlement By Adam Aton,E&E News

Behavior & Society From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter Protest expert Aldon Morris explains how social justice movements succeed By Aldon Morris

Space The United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe Approaches Mars Stakes are high for the Arab world's first-ever interplanetary mission as it prepares to enter Martian orbit By Meghan Bartels,SPACE.com

Policy & Ethics Whose Underlying Conditions Count for Priority in Getting the Vaccine? Some disorders that make COVID riskier don't appear on official lists By Liz Bowen

Behavior & Society How AI Is Learning to Identify Toxic Online Content Machine-learning systems could help flag hateful, threatening or offensive language  By Laura Hanu,James Thewlis,Sasha Haco

Neuroscience Can Science Illuminate Our Inner Dark Matter? Neither introspection nor brain scans can reveal our deepest thoughts By John Horgan

Energy Sunlight Powers Portable, Inexpensive Systems to Produce Drinking Water A new generation of tech uses heat from the sun to provide clean, salt-free water By Prachi Patel

Policy & Ethics In Case You Missed It Top news from around the world By Sarah Lewin Frasier

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