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What it’s really like to do science amid COVID-19

From Germany to India, researchers are grappling with how to run labs and lessons under extraordinary restrictions.

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  A high pressure experiment reveals the world’s first room-temperature superconductor, and a method to target ecosystem restoration.
  
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  The latest science news, in brief.
  
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- Audio long-read: What animals really think
  
  New techniques are allowing greater insight into the brain activity underlying animal's drives and desires.
  
  nature podcast | 09 Oct 2020
- COVID research updates: Dense cities should brace for long coronavirus outbreaks
  
  Nature wades through the literature on the new coronavirus — and summarizes key papers as they appear.
  
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  We cannot stand by and let science be undermined. Joe Biden’s trust in truth, evidence, science and democracy make him the only choice in the US election.
  
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