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The CoronaVac vaccine, developed by Sinovac in China, reports mixed results in Brazil. Plus, what we know about COVID’s toll on smell and taste, and the mysterious extinction of the dire wolf.
Signs of ripples from supermassive black hole mergers in galaxies across the universe. Plus, the secret forces that squeeze and pull life into shape, and the questions around COVID vaccines and transmission.
How the pandemic unlocked the power of RNA vaccines. Plus, scientists are divided over COVID vaccine dosing strategies, and why the platypus is the paragon of mammals.
Only 2016 was as hot as 2020, and it had a warmth-boosting El Niño. Plus, the trouble with new COVID vaccine trials and how machine learning is cleaning up microscopy images.
Rare example of skeletal dysplasia in a wild animal, the CIA scientist who focused spy satellites onto nature and how a Senate shift will affect science in the United States.
A fist-sized lemur, a mushroom unearthed near Heathrow airport and a primate species with a penetrating gaze. Plus, precious Moon ice and what the last-minute Brexit deal means for science.
The Surgisphere scandal and a spate of spider-paper retractions top the list. Plus, how Biden can rebuild the ravaged EPA and a photo that took eight years to snap.
Genetic variations that could make some people more susceptible to severe COVID-19, Nature’s 10 and the Drosophila stockeepers who keep the fruit flies flowing.
HIV protein fragment posed no risk to human health, but could interfere with HIV screening tests. Plus, China launches twin-satellite mission and a COVID vaccine is poised for authorization in the US.
The mass of human-made things just exceeded the planet’s total living biomass. Plus, the coolest molecules of the year and how children’s immune systems evade COVID-19.
The AstraZeneca–Oxford vaccine is safe and effective, but the data highlight a number of lingering unknowns. Plus, two gene-therapy trials offer hope for sickle-cell anaemia and how the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat — water.