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These Drugs Could Restore a Period before Pregnancy Is Confirmed

Menstrual regulation has a long history in the U.S., and new techniques could get around abortion restrictions

By Mariana Lenharo

Politics

More Scientists Need to Run for Office. Here's How 314 Action Can Help

In an age of science denial, we need more people with STEM backgrounds in elected positions

By Shaughnessy Naughton

Education

To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic

Science is a social process, and teaching students how researchers work in tandem to develop facts will make them less likely to be duped by falsehoods

By Carl T. Bergstrom,Daniel R. Pimentel,Jonathan Osborne

Vaccines

New Halloween 'Scariant' Variants and Boosting Your Immunity: COVID, Quickly, Episode 41

In a new episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, we talk about the variants that are likely to be around this winter and how boosters help even if you've already had the disease.

By Josh Fischman,Tanya Lewis,Jeffery DelViscio | 07:31

Climate Change

5 Things to Know about Climate Reparations

There are growing calls for a mechanism to pay developing countries for losses and damages they've suffered from climate change—a problem they did little to create

By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Evolution

Vertebrates May Have Used Vocal Communication More Than 100 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought

Animals with a backbone may have first emitted something akin to bleeps, grunts, crackles, toots and snorts more than 400 million years ago

By Rachel Nuwer

Public Health

Which COVID Studies Pose a Biohazard?

Controversy surrounding a study that involved modifying SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has prompted researchers to call for better guidance from funders

By Ewen Callaway,Max Kozlov,Nature magazine

Quantum Physics

Researchers Use Quantum 'Telepathy' to Win an 'Impossible' Game

A new playful demonstration of quantum pseudotelepathy could lead to advances in communication and computation

By Philip Ball

Astronomy

Dazzling New JWST Image Shows Dusty Stellar Spirals

A new JWST image of a star surrounded by strange, rippling spirals reveals a hidden chapter in the story of how dust spreads across the cosmos

By Phil Plait
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