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Research increases worry about the pandemic potential of other members of the virus family

Unexpected vaccine hesitancy and other obstacles have frustrated India’s massive immunization challenge

Reptiles thrived alongside earlier Indigenous peoples

Two places hold the record for highest surface temperatures on the planet

Technique may unmask hidden dangers faster and more precisely than current methods

MDMA was tested along with talk therapy, but the ideal pairing has yet to be studied

Legal dispute mars international launch of Extreme Light Infrastructure in Eastern Europe

Small clinical trial shows field's progress in 20 years

Early stumbles in pandemic response prompt new top-level agency to better handle future threats

Gun tests show tardigrades probably died after Israeli lander crashed on the Moon

Gamma ray photons traced back to cosmic particle accelerators in both dead and newborn stars

Drug Enforcement Administration opens door to more cannabis growers to supply drug for research

New device looks for signature mix of volatile compounds in patients' exhaled air

RNA found in specimens from German patients shows the virus may have adapted between first and second waves

Most countries sequence less than 1% of virus samples

Senate panel adds Department of Energy and geographic diversity, House keeps it simple

The Serum Institute of India has an outsize—and troubled—role in providing COVID-19 vaccines at home and abroad

New study suggests how vocal sounds could help language get off the ground

Monoamine oxidase A inhibitors could be repurposed as cancer treatments, new study suggests

New study suggests anal ventilation might one day help treat respiratory failure

“Programmable” designs turn flat materials into familiar 3D shapes when boiled

Mechanical Michael Phelps consists of two beads and a spring

On this week’s show: Concerns about the impact from ship emission regulations on water pollution, and extreme levels of oxidants produced by...

Researchers are learning how avulsions occur on rivers with silted-up beds

Ocean sediments suggest both supernovae and merging neutron stars are chemical factories