The Ig Nobel Prizes, an annual event celebrating quirky, comical discoveries, carried on despite the pandemic in a virtual ceremony riddled with bugs—and bug jokes. The Annals of Improbable Research, the science humor magazine that hosts the event, selected bugs as the theme for the 30th annual event, although the […]
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COVID-19 data scandal prompts tweaks to elite journal’s review process
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.
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Hurricanes: Evidence mounts that they’re getting stronger and wetter
For CNET’s Now What series, author Eric Jay Dolin describes how we can learn from past hurricanes to brace for more intense storms in a warmer world.
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Shoebox-sized coronavirus test kit gives results in just 90 minutes
The kit, named CovidNudge, can give results without sending samples to a laboratory.
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Best smart garage door controllers of 2020: Chamberlain MyQ and more
When it comes to making your garage doors smart, you have more options than you think. Here are our favorite ways to bring your biggest door online.
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Nissan Z Nismo hybrid in the cards if fans want it, report says
The Z’s chief product specialist reportedly told Australian media if fans really want hybrid power, then “we have to do that.”
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VW’s electric sales targets, Volvo’s particulate smarts, cleaning up the air with more EVs: Today’s Car News
Volkswagen is targeting 500,000 EVs per year by the middle of the decade, globally—and that’s just counting its ID.4 crossover. Several new Volvo models give you the fine particulate levels in your vehicle cabin. And a report projects that going electric sooner will save lives, lungs, and a whole lot […]