The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly mutating. What do these mutations reveal about this virus’s evolution? And will this knowledge help us to develop a long-lasting vaccine?
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There are now dozens of test for COVID-19 with hundreds more awaiting the FDA’s authorization. So which test is best? Does anyone know?
A virus testing lab director explains how the U.S. fell behind in the need for broad coronavirus testing.
Pecking holes in a solid wood tree trunk would give you a headache, if not serious brain damage. What special assets allow a woodpecker to do it?
Earth’s biggest rivers are streams of warm water vapor in the atmosphere that can cause huge rain and snowfall over land. Climate change is making them longer, wetter and stronger.
Negro Matapacos became famous in Chile in 2011 for joining student protests. His image has now popped up around the world.
Trump’s recent comments echo a troubled history of the use of dogs against people of color, as well as pejorative depictions of people of color as animals.
What if you could treat obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure just by limiting when you eat and drink all your calories? New research says it might work.
Skuter listrik mengancam hidup pejalan kaki dan membuat mereka menjadi kurang nyaman Ini cara bagaimana penyedia jasa skuter listrik bisa membuat kota menjadi lebih aman buat semua orang.
A cognitive scientist observes that the words that bother college-age Americans today can cause harm.
Some treatments for neurodegenerative diseases involve inserting wires into the brain and zapping certain brain cells with electricity. But what if you could do the same thing using sound waves?
Many articles describe the rise of superbugs - bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs - as inevitable. But society has the knowledge to stop the spread of these microbes.
Finding out more about how the brain works could help programmers translate thinking from the wet and squishy world of biology into all-new forms of machine learning in the digital world.
A new report on Mexicans in the US paints a troubling picture about the treatment of the country’s largest immigrant group.
As part of a new ‘metering’ policy, US officials are turning asylum seekers away at ports of entry along the southern border. Thousands wait, straining the resources of Mexican border towns.
Thousands of hydropower dams are under construction around the world. New research shows that by cutting off sediment flow, these dams can have big ecological effects on far-off bays and deltas.
Since #MeToo, the number of women and men who say that they’ve been sexually assaulted or harassed in recent months has not changed much.
Bacteria are becoming resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. These expensive, hard-to-treat infections are prompting physicians to reassess using viruses to destroy bacteria.
Sitting has been maligned in recent years for its role in obesity and diabetes. Now, a recent study in older women suggests that sedentary behavior may also increase heart disease risk.
When geneticists create mice with special traits, there is no way to be sure that they will be inherited by the offspring. But a new genetic tool called a gene drive may fix the problem.
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Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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Doctoral Student in Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental toxicology and cancer genomics, University of California, San Diego
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Ph.D. Candidate in Physical Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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Hydrologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Dermatology, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and International Security, University of California, San Diego
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Ph.D. Candidate in Computational Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
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Sociology PhD Researcher, University of California, San Diego
