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March 02, 2021

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March 02, 2021

Environment

Does this Make Sense? Gasoline Delivered to Your Car

Gas trucks fill your vehicle where it is parked

By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Policy & Ethics

Major Physics Society Will Not Meet in Cities with Racist Policing Records

The American Physical Society's new criteria for conference venues seem to be unique among scientific societies

By Nidhi Subbaraman,Nature magazine

Conservation

Struggling Koalas Get Help from a Bold Breeding Program

Australia's bushfires devastated koala populations, but a first-ever mix of capture and genetics could aid a marsupial comeback

By Gloria Dickie

Behavior & Society

The U.S. Needs Tolerance More Than Unity

Tolerance allows us to live in harmony despite deep-seated differences

By Kumar Yogeeswaran,Levi Adelman,Maykel Verkuyten

Policy & Ethics

Biden Must Take Immediate Action to Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War

The continuing proliferation of atomic weapons threatens the safety of billions

By THE EDITORS

Policy & Ethics

It's a Myth That Asian-Americans Are Doing Well in the Pandemic

Statistics suggest they are—but numbers often don't include the most vulnerable with limited English

By Amy Yee

Behavior & Society

People Literally Don't Know When to Shut Up--or Keep Talking--Science Confirms

We are really bad at navigating a key transition point during one of the most basic social interactions

By Rachel Nuwer

Medicine

New Johnson & Johnson Shot Prevents Severe COVID As Well As Existing Vaccines Do, Experts Say

Trials of all three vaccines came up with different efficacy numbers, but all offer crucial protection in this health emergency

By Arthur Allen,Liz Szabo,Kaiser Health News

Space

To Qualify as 'Scientific,' Evidence Has to Be Reproducible

We can never be sure if the interstellar object 'Oumuamua, for example, was artificial—but we could be ready to answer that question for such a visitor in the future

By Avi Loeb

Evolution

An Ancient Proto-City Reveals the Origin of Home

The 9,000-year-old settlement of Çatalhöyük in Turkey shows how humans began putting down roots

By Annalee Newitz

Policy & Ethics

NASA Needs to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope

The successor to the Hubble honors a man who took part in the effort to purge LGBT people from the federal workforce

By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein,Sarah Tuttle,Lucianne Walkowicz,Brian Nord

Public Health

To Beat COVID, We May Need a Good Shot in the Nose

Intranasal vaccines might stop the spread of the coronavirus more effectively than needles in arms

By Daniel P. Oran,Eric Topol

Behavior & Society

Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests

A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in places with the most active movements

By Jim Daley

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