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07/19/2020 How upcoming missions to Mars will help predict its wild dust storms Predicting the weather on Mars is essential for landing and keeping rovers — or astronauts — safe on the surface. The next Mars missions will give forecasts a boost. Read More An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs New simulations add to growing evidence that an asteroid strike, rather than the Deccan Traps eruptions, caused the end-Cretaceous extinction. Read More How some superblack fish disappear into the darkness of the deep sea Some fish that live in the ocean’s depths are superblack as a result of a special layer of light-absorbing structures in the skin. Read More College biology textbooks still portray a world of white scientists Despite recent efforts to include more women and people of color, it will be decades — or even centuries — before textbooks reflect student diversity. Read More Two new books explore Mars — and what it means to be human ‘Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars’ and ‘The Sirens of Mars’ are surprisingly apt reads during the pandemic. 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 The universe might have a fundamental clock that ticks very, very fast A theoretical study could help physicists searching for a theory of quantum gravity. Read More A bacterial toxin enables the first mitochondrial gene editor Researchers have engineered a protein from bacteria that kills other microbes to change DNA in a previously inaccessible part of the cell. Read More Remdesivir may work even better against COVID-19 than we thought Gilead Sciences says remdesivir cuts the chances of dying from the coronavirus, and data show the drug can curb the virus’s growth in cells and mice. Read More Climate change made Siberia’s heat wave at least 600 times more likely Extreme temperatures from January to June 2020 led to wildfires, thawing permafrost and an oil spill. Read More Competitive hot dog eaters may be nearing humans’ max eating speed Just how many hot dogs can one human eat in 10 minutes? New research suggests the answer is 83. 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