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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Israel about what DNA reveals about the Dead Sea Scrolls’ parchment. 

The European Union today revealed proposed objectives for its much-hyped “missions,” which will concentrate research funding on tackling problems in five broad areas: cancer, adapting to climate change, carbon-neutral cities, healthy waters, and soil health. The missions could receive hundreds of millions of euros per year from Horizon Europe, the […]

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The coronavirus pandemic has reached another bleak milestone in the United States.

Tesco, E.ON and Heathrow are among 27 large companies asking government ministers to target a 2030 date for all new cars and vans being zero emissions.

The European Union today revealed proposed objectives for its much-hyped “missions,” which will concentrate research funding on tackling problems in five broad areas: cancer, adapting to climate change, carbon-neutral cities, healthy waters, and soil health. The missions could receive hundreds of millions of euros per year from Horizon Europe, the […]

Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.

Tropical storm Wilfred took the last name in the list for 2020 storms.

The spoof Nobel prizes were also given to the professor who found many insect scientists are afraid of spiders, and to diplomats from India and Pakistan who rang each other’s doorbells in the middle of the night and then ran away.