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The bacterium Clostridium botulinum produces a toxin that can paralyze muscles and halt breathing. Eye of Science/Science Source By Kelly ServickJan. 6, 2021 , 2:00 PM A new strategy to…

Researchers hope to use cloud computing and artificial intelligence to improve public transit. Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe/Getty Images By Jeffrey MervisJan. 6, 2021 , 4:15 PM Low-income commuters…

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches a U.K. resident get one of the first doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine since the nation authorized it for emergency use. STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP…

Scientists hope this parasitic wasp from Asia can help stop the emerald ash borer’s spread in North America. DAVID CAPPAERT By Gabriel PopkinJan. 7, 2021 , 1:40 PM Later this…

General relativity makes very specific predictions about what black holes are and how they should appear, as shown in this simulation. GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER/JEREMY SCHNITTMAN By Adrian ChoJan. 7,…

Donald Macauley/Flickr Freelance journalist Gabriel Popkin and host Sarah Crespi discuss what will happen to ash trees in the United States as federal regulators announce dropping quarantine measures meant to…

Tartar, or calculus, coats the tongue-side surface of teeth from a skull that was buried for decades. Line S. Larsen By Bridget AlexJan. 7, 2021 , 3:25 PM Want to…

By Elizabeth PennisiJan. 7, 2021 , 3:40 PM Hammer a nail into a tree, and it will get stuck. So why doesn’t the same thing happen to the sharp beaks…

Takaaki Kajita, president of the Science Council of Japan, speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on 16 October 2020. Kyodo via AP Images By Dennis…

A vaccine from China’s Sinovac protected health care workers in Brazil from developing severe COVID-19. REUTERS/Thomas Peter By Jon Cohen, Sofia MoutinhoJan. 7, 2021 , 7:15 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting…