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  1. Archaeology

    Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument

    Scientists created a scale model one-twelfth the size of the ancient stone circle to study its acoustics.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    New coronavirus tests promise to be faster, cheaper and easier

    Researchers are developing a smorgasbord of tests to detect RNA and proteins from the virus that causes COVID-19.

    By Jack J. Lee
  3. Health & Medicine

    How four summer camps in Maine prevented COVID-19 outbreaks

    More than 1,000 kids and staff members from all over the country attended the camps, but only three people ended up testing positive for the virus.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  4. Earth

    What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck

    On top of a pandemic, the United States is having an epic weather year — a combination of bad luck and a stage set by a warming climate.