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Science
What kind of marketing will it take to get people on board with a COVID-19 vaccine?
Sep 17, 2020
Health care providers are going to play an essential role in communication and education.
As research labs reopen, scientists grapple with social distancing's effects
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Erika Beras
Jul 27, 2020
In March, many lab experiments ground to a halt. Now, researchers are figuring out how to start again.
Scientific research stopped for COVID-19. Now it's trying to get back into gear.
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Erika Beras
Jun 10, 2020
When the pandemic hit, scientists halted experiments and euthanized research animals. Now they're trying to pick up where they left off.
China celebrates centennial of science turning point
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Scott Tong
May 3, 2019
One hundred years ago this week, protests set China on a path to scientific modernity.
Bringing bacteria to the market
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Apr 29, 2019
A slew of new companies are selling bacteria they say can improve our health.
How to be a cosmetic scientist
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Janet Nguyen
Feb 15, 2019
Beauty and science aren't mutually exclusive.
A record number of scientists are running for office, and 314 Action is helping them
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Jed Kim
Jul 9, 2018
The political action committee is conducting a series of trainings for STEM professionals.
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China's quiet hunt to hire top U.S. researchers
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Jun 5, 2018
Academics at U.S. schools are being recruited to help build the Chinese economy.
Critics fear EPA changes will give big industry more sway over science
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Scott Tong
Mar 29, 2018
Under the new policy, academic study authors will have to share their raw data, leaving it vulnerable to distortion, some worry.
How a friend’s assault led one researcher to study sexual harassment in science
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Kimberly Adams
and Stephanie Hughes
Mar 14, 2018
Anthropologist Kathryn Clancy studies harassment that occurs among science researchers, and finds it's prevalent and not often reported.