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August 25, 2020
Oscar Gronner
While microscopic and little known, predatory bacteria are among the world’s fiercest and most effective hunters.
By Katherine J. Wu
NASA, JPL
The object has a slender chance of hitting Earth — but even if it does, it’s too small to do any damage, astronomers say.
By Dennis Overbye
Matt Rourke/Associated Press
The insect poses a serious threat to American crops, particularly vineyards, and inspires creative backyard methods of eliminating them.
By Sabrina Imbler
Ted Kinsman/Science Source
Researchers discovered a way to awaken dormant stem cells and transform them into cartilage. If the technique works in humans, it may help ease debilitating joint pain.
By Gina Kolata
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THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Gordon Welters for The New York Times
In Germany, volunteers gathered in an arena for an experiment that could help create safety measures for live events around the world.
By Thomas Rogers
Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
The patient did mount an immune response to the new infection, however, and did not experience symptoms.
By Apoorva Mandavilli
Oliver Contreras for The New York Times
Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about where a key statistic came from.
By Katie Thomas and Sheri Fink
Infection rates in the United States remain among the world’s highest, but numbers are down. All states driving the decrease have at least some local mask mandates.
By Lauren Leatherby
Michael Brunk/nwlens.com
Three crew members aboard were spared when the virus spread through the boat. They were the only ones who had antibodies at the beginning of the trip.
Illustration by Ori Toor
Regularly using the most accurate tests possible for millions of Americans is impractical. Could a shift in approach slow the spread of infections?
By Kim Tingley
Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Combining samples for coronavirus testing, an approach once hailed by U.S. health officials, only works when the vast majority of tests are negative.
Bryan R. Smith/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The nation’s testing efforts will be further overwhelmed once influenza, R.S.V. and other seasonal viruses arrive.
MORE SCIENCE NEWS
Arecibo Observatory/University of Central Florida
The iconic Arecibo radio telescope is temporarily crippled by an accident.
Yi-Kai Tea
On occasion, different species of angelfish produce hybrid offspring even more colorful than the parents.
Joyce Kim for The New York Times
They include getting your own Netflix show. Nasser, a science journalist known for his work on “Radiolab,” talked about going on-camera for “Connected” and the importance of staying curious.
By Remy Tumin
The New York Times
These seemingly simple pencil-and-paper games were all invented by mathematicians. They call for two players and some strategic thinking.
By Mary Jane Callister
Alistair Conkie
As a researcher at AT&T, she helped lay the groundwork for modern digital assistants like Siri and Alexa.
By Cade Metz
CLIMATE CHANGE
Concern about global warming is steady despite other crises, a survey found, and the number of voters who are deeply engaged on the issue is rising sharply.
By John Schwartz
There are four key ingredients to the disastrous wildfire seasons in the West, and climate change figures prominently.
By Kendra Pierre-Louis and John Schwartz
The ice loss in 2019 was more than twice the annual average since 2003, scientists said.
By Henry Fountain
HEALTH
Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times
The speech disorder can play havoc with sociability, relationships, even identity, but there are ways to handle it.
By Benedict Carey
Gracia Lam
There is compelling evidence that two classes of drugs normally prescribed following breast cancer treatment can also help prevent the disease.
By Jane E. Brody
Pharmacists may now vaccinate young children under a new federal emergency rule aimed at helping families who missed well-child visits during the pandemic.
By Jan Hoffman
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Sugar substitutes may help stave off weight gain, but they have metabolic effects that some experts find concerning.
By Anahad O’Connor
Getty Images
In a new C.D.C. survey, 18- to 24-year-olds reported the highest levels of symptoms of anxiety and depression, and a quarter of them said they had seriously considered suicide.
By Perri Klass, M.D.
phys ed
Two new studies shed light on whether pedal-assisted electric bikes provide good exercise, and how safe (or unsafe) they might be.
By Gretchen Reynolds
At least 68 cases and 14 hospitalizations have been reported in nine states, federal health authorities said.
By Concepción de León
In addition to concerns over mail-in voting, the cost-cutting at the Postal Service affects the millions of people who get their prescriptions by mail.
By Reed Abelson
A new advisory board, appointed by the Trump administration, recommended that the health secretary reject funding for virtually every fetal tissue research project it considered.
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently joined other prominent medical organizations in confronting its history of discrimination.
By Emma Goldberg
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