Science News Staff

All Stories by Science News Staff

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    Health & Medicine

    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.

  2. Readers ask about life on Venus and high-energy cosmic rays

  3. Readers ask about buoyancy, Stonehenge sounds and more

  4. Readers ask about positronium, wild bees and more

  5. Readers ask about exoplanets, spider silk and water beetles

  6. Abstract illustration with a "10" at the center, surrounded by illustrations of a microscope, telescope and other sciencey instruments
    Science & Society

    This year’s SN 10 scientists aim to solve some of science’s biggest challenges

    Our SN 10: Scientists to Watch for 2020 include researchers tackling wildfire smoke, teen suicide and earthquake monitoring.

  7. Readers ask about Microraptors, an X-ray map of the sky and more

  8. Readers ask about neutrinos in the sun’s core, megaflashes and mussels

  9. Readers ask about Mars dust storms, Fermi bubbles and more

  10. A reader asks about coronavirus mutations

  11. Readers ask about antibody tests, chimeras and public health and privacy

  12. Readers ask about exoplanet heating sources, combating climate change and COVID-19