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11/22/2020 On a cool night in Malaysia, scientists track mysterious colugos across the treetops Our reporter tags along for nighttime observations of these elusive gliding mammals. Read More Plastics are showing up in the world’s most remote places, including Mount Everest Here are some of the most extreme places where microplastics have been found. Read More Supercooled water has been caught morphing between two forms A new experiment used ultrafast techniques to reveal high-density water transforming into low-density water at subfreezing temperatures. Read More Planets with many neighbors may be the best places to look for life Solar systems with many planets in circular orbits suggest a calm life-nurturing past, while single exoplanets with eccentric orbits hint at chaos. Read More New Pfizer results show its COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective The news comes as COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket. Read More These plants seem like they’re trying to hide from people A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved remarkable camouflage in areas with intense harvesting pressure, a study suggests. Read More Arecibo Observatory, an ‘icon of Puerto Rican science,’ will be demolished The telescope, known for cameos in moves like "Contact" and for fast radio burst observations, was feared to be on the verge of collapse.   Read More Ardi and her discoverers shake up hominid evolution in ‘Fossil Men’ A new book covers the big personalities, field exploits and scientific clashes behind the discovery of the hominid skeleton nicknamed Ardi. Read More Psilocybin may help treat depression, a small study finds Benefits of the compound, found in psychedelic mushrooms, lasted a month. Read More Farming on Mars will be a lot harder than ‘The Martian’ made it seem Lab experiments developing and testing fake Martian dirt are proving just how difficult it would be to farm on the Red Planet. 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