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JUNE 2021

 

‘Hybrid’ scientific conferences aim to offer the best of in-person and virtual meetings

Unreliable social science research gets more attention than solid studies

Fifteen journals to outsource peer-review decisions

Middle Eastern countries ramp up their scientific publications

Are advertisers coming for your dreams?

Newly detailed nerve links between brain and other organs shape thoughts, memories, and feelings

Vaccines that can protect against many coronaviruses could prevent another pandemic

Mixing COVID-19 vaccines appears to boost immune responses

New Google effort uses cellphones to detect earthquakes

‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl

No shared language? No problem! People across cultures understand clues from ‘vocal charades’

Paralyzed person types at record speed—by imagining handwriting

A psychedelic drug may help treat PTSD. But questions remain on how best to use—and regulate—it

Alzheimer’s drug approved despite doubts about effectiveness

Dolphins learn the ‘names’ of their friends to form teams—a first in animal kingdom

Millions of electric cars are coming. What happens to all the dead batteries?