Technology

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• Science

Biotechnology Could Change the Cattle Industry. Will it Succeed?

August 14, 2020 DYLLAN FURNESS

by Dyllan Furness, Undark. August 5, 2020   Gene editing could help scientists produce cows that are meatier and better...

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• Science

How understanding nature made the atomic bomb inevitable

August 14, 2020 Editorial Board

By Tom Siegfried, Science News, Contributing Correspondent August 6, 2020 at 6:00 am   A chain reaction of basic discoveries...

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• Science

Moonquakes and marsquakes: How we peer inside other worlds

August 14, 2020 Editorial Board

by Jonathan O’Callaghan, Horizon 10 August 2020   Eavesdropping on the shudders and groans echoing deep inside alien worlds like...

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• Science

A new Galileo biography draws parallels to today’s science denialism

August 13, 2020 Editorial Board

By Tom Siegfried, Science News August 11, 2020 at 8:00 am   Galileo and the Science Deniers delivers a fresh...

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• Covid-19
• Education

What if public schools never reopen?

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

by Barbara Kantrowitz, The Hechinger Report August 7, 2020August 10, 2020 The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports...

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• Education

NYC Scrambles to Find New School Space as Cuomo Gives Go-Ahead for Classes

August 11, 2020 Editorial Board

Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY This article was originally published on Aug 7 at 7:22pm EDT by THE CITY  ...

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• Opinion
• Science

A Rift Over Carl Linnaeus Shows We Shouldn’t Idolize Scientists

August 10, 2020 Editorial Board

by Brian Lovett, Undark   The traditions we carry into the future, including who we choose to honor, should be...

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• Education

Op-Ed: Federal regulators must keep cutting red tape to better enable distance learning

August 10, 2020 Editorial Board

By Johnny Kampis | The Center Square   As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the U.S., many parents...

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• Covid-19
• Health

When a Contagion Comes, Women Bear a Heavy Burden

August 7, 2020 GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN

by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, Undark   While contagions like Covid-19 might kill more men, the impact of a pandemic on women’s...

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• Covid-19
• Health

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Sarah Varney

by Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine. But in...