A timeline of our pandemic year

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12/13/2020 The FDA has authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Now what? Millions of Americans will soon be lining up for COVID-19 shots.    Read More Using comb-shaped teeth, Baikal seals feed on tiny crustaceans like whales do Seals in Lake Baikal use comb-shaped teeth to catch scores of amphipods, a study finds. The diet may be behind the seals’ relative success. Read More A highly contagious face cancer may not wipe out Tasmanian devils after all Devil facial tumor disease has killed so many Tasmanian devils that it was feared they would die out. But a new analysis finds its spread is slowing. Read More This new image reveals a sunspot in unrivaled detail An image taken by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope — the largest solar observatory on Earth — provides the best look yet at a sunspot. Read More This COVID-19 pandemic timeline shows how fast the coronavirus took over our lives Look back on how the coronavirus pandemic took over 2020 and how efforts to fight back evolved. 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 Enormous X-ray bubbles balloon from the center of the Milky Way Images from the the eROSITA telescope reveal X-ray–emitting blobs surrounding gamma-ray bubbles. Read More In the past 15 years, climate change has transformed the Arctic Accumulating evidence and new tools have helped scientists better understand how the Arctic is changing, but the pace has been faster than expected. Read More Ancient people may have survived desert droughts by melting ice in lava tubes Bands of charcoal from fires lit long ago, found in an ice core from a New Mexico cave, correspond to five periods of drought over 800 years. Read More As 2020 comes to an end, here’s what we still don’t know about COVID-19 After making fast progress understanding COVID-19, researchers are still in search of answers. Read More Giant pandas may roll in horse poop to feel warm By coating themselves in fresh horse manure, wild giant pandas may be seeking a chemical in the poop that inhibits a cold-sensing protein. 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