"Nothing is immune, not even black holes"

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04/12/2020 Meet Sophia Upshaw, a volunteer in a coronavirus vaccine trial In Seattle and Atlanta, scientists have started testing the safety of a potential vaccine to prevent COVID-19. Read More A year long expedition spotlights night life in the Arctic winter Scientists anchored to an ice floe near the North Pole are investigating how life survives polar night and what changes will occur as the Arctic continues to warm. Read More This is the oldest known string. It was made by a Neandertal A cord fragment found clinging to a Neandertal’s stone tool is evidence that our close evolutionary relatives were string makers, too, scientists say. Read More Hitchhiking oxpeckers warn endangered rhinos when people are nearby Red-billed oxpeckers do more than just eat parasites from rhinos’ backs. The birds can alert the hunted mammals to potential danger, a study finds. Read More A year after the first black hole image, the EHT has been stymied by the coronavirus The scientists behind the first picture of a black hole are squeezing everything they can from the data they’ve got. Read More Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. You can help by subscribing for as little as $25. SUBSCRIBE NOW Collisions reveal new evidence for the existence of ‘anyon’ quasiparticles Scientists report evidence that a class of particle called an anyon appears in two-dimensional materials. Read More The largest Arctic ozone hole ever measured is hovering over the North Pole A strong polar vortex in early 2020 led to what may be a record-breaking hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic. Read More Saturn’s auroras may explain the planet’s weirdly hot upper atmosphere Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft could help solve Saturn’s mysterious “energy crisis.” Read More Warm weather probably won’t slow COVID-19 transmission much While some evidence has suggested higher temperatures can affect coronavirus transmission, summer’s arrival probably won’t curb the pandemic much. Read More Algae use flagella to trot, gallop and move with gaits all their own Microalgae may be just single cells, but they can coordinate eight or 16 limbs. Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science & the Public 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US