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February 25, 2022

Computing The Metaverse Is Coming: We May Already Be in It As in the world of The Matrix, we may not be able to tell what’s real and what’s not By Rizwan Virk

Politics Ukrainian Scientists Fear for their Lives and Future amid Russian Threat Researchers say that conflict will hinder progress made since Ukraine’s revolution in 2014 By Holly Else,Nisha Gaind,Nature magazine

Pharmaceuticals Chewing Gum with GMO Could Reduce the Spread of COVID Gum carrying a protein produced by genetically modified lettuce traps SARS-CoV-2 By Abdullah Iqbal

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Policy Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Anti-Science Bills that restrict access to gender-affirming health care ignore research By The Editors

Materials Science Quantum Friction Explains Water's Freaky Flow Physicists have finally solved the long-standing mystery of why water moves faster through narrower nanotubes By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Education Dangerous Lies Fuel a New Kind of Butterfly Effect The National Butterfly Center is closed because of threats from conspiracy theorists, robbing children in an underserved area of a chance to learn By Jeffrey Glassberg

Astronomy Record-Breaking Supernova Is Part of a New Class of Objects A recently spotted bright light in the sky is improving astronomers’ understanding of stellar death By Briley Lewis

Policy Two Scientists Will Replace U.S. Science Adviser Eric Lander Celebrated sociologist Alondra Nelson and genome leader Francis Collins will temporarily split Lander’s duties By Lauren Wolf,Jeff Tollefson,Amy Maxmen,Nature magazine

Dinosaurs 'Frozen in Place' Fossils Reveal Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck in Spring Clues to the season of impact lingered in delicate fish fossils By Mindy Weisberger,LiveScience

Oceans We Need a Global Plastics Treaty to Stop an Environmental Disaster Truly global participation in the process will create more than just a Paris Agreement for plastics By Dave Ford,Henry Englert

Agriculture This Maine Farm Is Harvesting the Sun's Power while it Picks the Blueberries In Rockport, Me., an array of nearly 11,000 solar panels will soon begin a solar harvest as the sweet berries growing below them ripen on the bush. By Teresa L. Carey | 07:27

Particle Physics How Light Is a Neutrino? The Answer Is Closer Than Ever The latest effort to weigh the elusive particle produces a more precise estimate of its upper limit By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Climate Change Why the White House Never Released Its 2030 Climate Strategy Political turmoil in Congress and uncertainty about climate regulations has hampered release of the report showing how the U.S. would cut emissions in half By Jean Chemnick,E&E News

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BRING SCIENCE HOME Folded or Flat Paper Towel: Which One Absorbs More Water? A little science can help you save an important resource you probably use every day: paper towels. Try this activity and see what simple trick can help you--and the environment!  Credit: George Retseck We all know that washing hands throughout the day can help keep colds and flu at bay. So several times a day we lather up, scrub, rinse and then use a paper towel—then another one, maybe even three or four to dry them off. Because who wants wet hands? But could there be a way to conserve some of that paper by getting a paper towel to go the extra mile, allowing you to dry your hands with just one single sheet? This activity just might help you find the answer.

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