- What would Earth look like to alien astronomers? by Nathaniel Scharping for Discover magazine.
- Say goodbye to 2020 with the year’s top 10 Hubble photos by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang.
- Designing an airplane that can fly on Mars! by Giulia Carla Bassani for Sciworthy.
- How fast can scientists find the new coronavirus strains? by Megan Molteni for Wired.
- COVID-19 is setting back the lives and careers of young scientists by Francesco Zangari for Massive Science.
- Viral mutations may cause another ‘very, very bad’ COVID-19 wave, scientists warn by Kai Kupferschmidt for Science.
- Variants and vaccines by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
- A crash course on RNA vaccines by Gertrude. U. Ray for the Virology Blog.
- Cat-agorizing cat owners to reduce environmental harm caused by domestic house cats by Brianne Palmer for Envirobites.
- Smoke pollution disrupts the flight of painted lady butterflies by Adithi Ramakrishnan for Massive Science.
- Researchers discover new state of matter: Liquid glass by Sci-News.com.
- Climate change: 2020 was the joint hottest year on record by Adam Vaughan for New Scientist.
- States and cities are driving climate and clean energy progress by Kit Kennedy for NRDC.
- Podcast: The double standard by Shankar Vedantam and Emily Pronin for The Hidden Brain.
- Podcast: Giant, toothed birds once ruled the skies by Christie Taylor and Peter Kloess for Science Friday.
- New psychology research suggests “deep acting” can reduce fatigue and improve your work life by Eric W. Dolan for Psypost.
- Neuroimaging study sheds light on how to clear thoughts from your brain’s working memory system by Eric W. Dolan for Psypost.
- Un-consciousness by Donovan Cronkhite for NeuWrite San Diego.
- Succinate is the key to muscle communication during exercise by Sree Rama Chaitanya for Massive Science.
- Scientists Observe Cells Responding To Magnetic Fields For First Time by David Bressan for Forbes.
- Body clocks and light levels: some plants just aren’t morning people by Katie Pickup for EuSci.
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