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Chemists amid coronavirus: Justin Houseknecht
An organic chemist in the US has used the pandemic to try to spark change in how chemistry is taught at universities
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Pseudoscience moving into the mainstream
Pseudoscience now has more serious consequences than a few bent spoons
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The ins and outs of vaccine trials
Derek Lowe lays out how the trials work, and why they get paused and restarted
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A promising peep at Covid-19 vaccine efficacy
Pfizer–BioNTech’s will need to be one of many if we are to overcome the pandemic
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Science suffers when the DOJ profiles scientists with ties to China
Federal funding agencies need to do more to prevent minor mistakes and to protect valuable international collaborations
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Follow the theory to halt Covid-19
Politicians need to show more trust in the scientific method
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Biden’s big win
The fact that Biden beat Trump to the White House by such a thin margin shows the limits of science communication
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Are chemical entities real?
Proving that atoms and molecules exist is surprisingly difficult
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Chemists amid coronavirus: Thomas Hartung
A biochemist at Johns Hopkins recounts how his lab pivoted to tackle Covid-19 with mini-brains, and how his love of gadgets has helped
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The citizen scientists performing water research in Hong Kong
Trained volunteers are gathering information that’s as reliable as official data
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Letters: November 2020
Readers share how they’ve adapted to Covid-19, and muse on AI and the liberating impacts of chemistry
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Kelly Chibale: ‘No leader should be feared’
The founder of the H3D drug discovery centre in South Africa on leadership and flying with Jürgen Klopp
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Identifying mineralised tissue in the fight against wildlife crime
Is it horn, antler, teeth, ivory… or artificial?
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Improving executive diversity is a priority
A few hiring decisions could make a big difference at leadership level
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Ethical challenge
Should researchers infect healthy people with Sars-CoV-2 to speed up vaccine testing?
