In 1896, a grieving woman showed up at the office of her Manhattan veterinarian with an unusual request: Her dog had just died, and she wanted to give it a proper burial. The sympathetic doc offered a spot in his apple orchard north of the city. Word caught on, and […]
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‘Every minute counts.’ This immunologist rapidly reshaped her lab to tackle COVID-19
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.
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COVID-19: Public immunity “waning quite rapidly” as fewer than 5 per cent have antibodies
A study of 365,104 adults in England shows that antibody levels have fallen, with the largest drop in people aged 75 and over.
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These tiny, little-winged dinosaurs were probably worse at flying than chickens
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Election 2020: The Stakes for Science
Scientific American’s editor-in-chief sets up this week’s series of podcasts about how this election could affect science, technology and medicine.
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Dogs and cats became family—and got their shot at heaven—after World War II
In 1896, a grieving woman showed up at the office of her Manhattan veterinarian with an unusual request: Her dog had just died, and she wanted to give it a proper burial. The sympathetic doc offered a spot in his apple orchard north of the city. Word caught on, and […]
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Is there a puppy heaven? Owners think so, headstones in pet cemeteries show
The notion of pets enjoying an afterlife has grown in popularity since the 19th century.
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Water pockets found on the Moon could quench future astronauts’ thirst
The lunar water could prove to be a vital resource for future crewed missions, NASA says.
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As U.S. election nears, researchers are following the trail of fake news
It started with a tweet from a conservative media personality, accompanied by photos, claiming that more than 1000 mail-in ballots had been discovered in a dumpster in Sonoma county in California. Within hours on the morning of 25 September, a popular far-right news website ran the photos with an “exclusive” […]