The risks of rushing a COVID-19 vaccine

Plus: A lack of data on police reform, calculating a dog's age, an X-ray map of the entire sky and more

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07/12/2020 A COVID-19 vaccine may come soon. Will the blistering pace backfire? Speed is essential, but not at the expense of safety and efficacy, experts warn. Sacrificing either could damage public trust. Read More Boosting a liver protein may mimic the brain benefits of exercise Finding that liver-made proteins influence the brain may advance the quest for an “exercise pill” that can deliver the benefits of physical activity. Read More Physicists have ‘braided’ strange quasiparticles called anyons All known particles fall into two classes. Physicists just found new evidence of a third class in 2-D materials. Read More There’s little evidence showing which police reforms work When stories of police violence against civilians capture public attention, reforms follow despite a dearth of hard data quantifying their impact. Read More This is the most comprehensive X-ray map of the sky ever made A new X-ray map of the entire sky, using data from the eROSITA telescope’s first full scan, looks deeper into space than any other of its kind. 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 What you need to know about the airborne transmission of COVID-19 Some scientists argue the virus can float in the air for extended lengths of time. Read More Self-destructive civilizations may doom our search for alien intelligence A lack of signals from space may also be bad news for Earthlings. Read More These cells slow an immune response. Derailing them could help fight tumors Immune therapies don’t work for a lot of cancer patients. Some researchers are enhancing these treatments with drugs that stymie suppressor cells. Read More South Americans may have traveled to Polynesia 800 years ago DNA analyses suggest that Indigenous people from South America had a role in the early peopling of Polynesia. Read More Calculating a dog’s age in human years is harder than you think People generally convert a dog’s age to human years by multiplying its age by seven. But a new study shows the math is way more complex. 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