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At Least 97,000 Children Tested Positive For Coronavirus In Last 2 Weeks Of July

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President Trump falsely claimed that children are "almost immune" from the coronavirus, but a new review of state data finds child cases are up 40%.

The U.S. Needs to Address Its Climate Migration Problem

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With rising seas threatening coastal communities, federal watchdog warns the government's scattershot approach needs revising -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Trying to Tame the Klamath River Filled It with Toxic Algae

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The Karuk tribe and its allies are working to undo damage from a century of river development -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Dark Side of Being a Female Shark Researcher

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Being a scientist should not require developing the grit to continually endure misogyny, discrimination, harassment, assault or bullying -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Climate change: Warming world will be 'devastating' for frozen peatlands

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Huge stocks of greenhouse gases tied up in peatlands could be released as the world warms.

Construction Process Builds Brain Circuits

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A novel technique turns brain cells into circuit components -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Could We Force the Universe to Crash?

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If we’re all living in a simulation, as some have suggested, it would be a good, albeit risky, way to find out for sure -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Climate change: Satellites record history of Antarctic melting

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European spacecraft track in fine detail the thinning that's occurred at the continent's edge.

COVID-19 May Never Go Away - With Or Without A Vaccine

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The virus might eventually behave more like the common cold, according to Vineet Menachery, a coronavirus researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Whale migration: 'Super rare' whale encounter on the Great Barrier Reef

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A dive instructor has recorded his 'special moment' with a humpback whale.

Mauritius oil spill: Locals scramble to contain environmental damage

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The MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July, is now leaking oil off the island.

The Film Radioactive Shows How Marie Curie Was a "Woman of the Future"

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A world-famous scientist is depicted with a nuance befitting both her achievements and her struggles -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Coronavirus: Is the world winning the pandemic fight?

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Covid-19 has changed the world - are we winning or is the virus still taking hold, and when will it end?

Awareness of Our Biases Is Essential to Good Science

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Ideological, social and political values have always influenced research -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Detectorist 'shaking with happiness' after Bronze Age find

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A metal detectorist discovers a rare hoard of Bronze Age artefacts during an expedition near Peebles.

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: August 2020

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The gritty work and the epic tale of space exploration -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Save The Whales. Save The Tigers. Save The Tapeworms?

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Scientists say parasites are important parts of ecosystems, but many are at risk of extinction. So, they're calling for a parasite conservation movement.

How to Know If It's OK to Visit Your Favorite Store or Restaurant

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Public health experts offer tips for evaluating the risks of visiting public places during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Lockdown: Label showing plants safe for bees and butterflies

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People enhancing their gardens during lockdown may not realise some plants have insecticides.

Blame Poverty, Not the Poor, for COVID-19's Spread in Brazil's Amazon

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In the state of Rondônia, social inequities give diseases a powerful boost -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Children Can Get Severe COVID-19, CDC Says - Especially Black And Hispanic Children

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One out of three children hospitalized for the coronavirus was admitted to the intensive care unit, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, analyzing data from 14 states.

Coronavirus severely restricts Antarctic science

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Keeping Covid out of Antarctica means little research will be done on the continent in 2020-2021.

A Cure for COVID-19 Will Take More Than Personal Immunity

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Our communal systems actually do much of the heavy lifting to keep us healthy or help us heal -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How Could the Beirut Explosion Happen? Experts Explain

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To get to the roots of disasters like this one, investigators rely on video footage, documents, interviews and other evidence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Thousands Volunteer for COVID-19 Vaccine Study

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Late-stage clinical trials of the first two coronavirus vaccine candidates in the U.S. plan to recruit 60,000 Americans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The World's Highest-Dwelling Mammal Lives atop a Volcano

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Scientists spotted a mouse at the summit of Llullaillaco, a 22,000-foot-tall volcano on the border of Chile and Argentina. Julia Rosen reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Coronavirus News Roundup: August 1-August 7

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Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Model Suggests Toxic Transformation on Venus

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A recent study shows how Venus could have explosively changed from habitable to deadly -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Inside Joe Biden's Network of Climate Advisers

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The presidential candidate is getting advice from old guard Democrats, liberal activists and union favorites -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Future Cars Will Be Made of Magnesium

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Originally published in August 1946 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Two Decades of Pandemic War Games Failed to Account for Donald Trump

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The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines and disputes between state and federal leaders, but none could anticipate the current levels of dysfunction in the United States -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Chance of Identical Fingerprints: 1 in 64 trillion

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Originally published in June 1894 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Cutting-Edge Research Shows How Hair Dulls Razor Blades

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Hair is soft compared with steel, but shaving can dull a razor surprisingly quickly. A new study examines exactly how a strand of hair can chip and crack a sharp blade.

Were French People Born to Speak French?

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No. The belief that people are suited to speak particular languages by biology is widespread—but wrong -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Special Sauce That Makes Some Vaccines Work

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Adjuvants play a crucial role in many vaccines' effectiveness. Some scientists say there needs to be more research into developing a wider variety of adjuvants because of how important they are.

Climate change: UK peat emissions could cancel forest benefits

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UK peatland emissions could cancel out all carbon reductions from new and existing forests.

Why Sprawl Could Be The Next Big Climate Change Battle

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Zoning for single-family homes has been tied to racial inequity and climate change, but in California, efforts to pass new laws keep falling short.

Pill Takes the Bite Out of Viper Venom

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A preexisting drug could buy time for snakebite treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Higgs Boson Gives Next-Generation Particle Its Heft

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Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider suggest that muons and other “second-generation particles” obtain their mass from interacting with the Higgs, further strengthening the Standard... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Methane Cloud Sitting over U.S. Southwest Threatens Indigenous Residents

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An EPA proposal to weaken pollution controls could make the ongoing threat worse -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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