The Animal Viruses Most Likely to Jump into Humans

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June 25, 2021

Public Health The Animal Viruses Most Likely to Jump into Humans The SpillOver tool catalogs viruses that could cause a new pandemic By Harini Barath

Biology Deleted Coronavirus Genome Sequences Trigger Scientific Intrigue Partial SARS-CoV-2 sequences from early outbreaks in Wuhan were removed from a U.S. government database by the scientists who deposited them By Ewen Callaway,Nature magazine

Environment Unexpected: Desert Plants Are Struggling in Higher Heat Scientists say even the toughest vegetation cannot tolerate today's heat waves By Adam Aton,E&E News

Policy & Ethics Science Should Not Try to Absorb Religion and Other Ways of Knowing Our diverse ways of seeing reality will never, and should never, meld into a monolithic worldview By John Horgan

Behavior & Society It's Not You, It's COVID: Couples Who Blamed Pandemic for Tensions Stayed Happier Pinning stress on the coronavirus helped couples cope and remain resilient By Tess Joosse

Nutrition, the Immune System and a Global Pandemic How factors such as diet, lifestyle and underlying health conditions influence the body's ability to fight infection

Evolution Cancer Clues Found in Gene behind 'Lemon Frost' Gecko Color Research has solved a macabre mystery, and the finding could one day help efforts to catch human melanomas earlier By Maddie Bender

Space A Glitch Has Knocked the Hubble Space Telescope Offline--for Now Although mission controllers have yet to identify the source of the problem, confidence is high the iconic observatory will soon return to normal operations By Meghan Bartels,SPACE.com

Climate How to Prevent Air Conditioners from Heating the Planet Manufacturers are competing to minimize power consumption and refrigerants as the machines multiply By Emily Underwood,Anthropocene Magazine

Medical & Biotech The Quest for Cancer-Detecting Blood Tests Speeds Up Liquid biopsies show promise for early detection of deadly tumors By Claudia Wallis

Public Health How to Prevent the Next Pandemic We need to make the development and distribution of vaccines a truly global endeavor By Seth Berkley

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Human Viruses Can Jump into Animals, Too--Sowing the Seeds of Future Epidemics "Reverse zoonosis" may foster the right conditions for the next COVID-19 By Stacey McKenna | May 2020

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