Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. To explain away dark matter, gravity would have to be really weird, cosmologists say
By Adrian Cho | Fri, 20 Nov 2020 

2. New genetic tools will deliver improved farmed fish, oysters, and shrimp. Here’s what to expect
By Erik Stokstad | Thu, 19 Nov 2020 

3. Twisted graphene could power a new generation of superconducting electronics
By Charlie Wood | Thu, 19 Nov 2020 

4. ‘Exceptional’ cancer patients yield clues to better drug treatments
By Jocelyn Kaiser | Thu, 19 Nov 2020 

5. China set to bring back first rocks from the Moon in more than 40 years
By Dennis Normile | Thu, 19 Nov 2020 

6. Fever, aches from Pfizer, Moderna jabs aren’t dangerous but may be intense for some
By Meredith Wadman | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 

7. As COVID-19 soars in many communities, schools attempt to find ways through the crisis
By Gretchen Vogel | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 

8. More people are getting COVID-19 twice, suggesting immunity wanes quickly in some
By Jop de Vrieze | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 

9. Seas are rising faster than ever
By Paul Voosen | Wed, 18 Nov 2020

10. Astronomers say they’ve solved the mystery of the ‘Blue Ring Nebula’
By Daniel Clery | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 

11. Giant virus genomes discovered lurking in DNA of common algae
By Elizabeth Pennisi | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 

12. ‘Incredible milestone for science.’ Pfizer and BioNTech update their promising COVID-19 vaccine result
By Jon Cohen | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 

13. This scientist buoys a small firm’s quest to make a top-notch COVID-19 vaccine
By Meagan Cantwell | Tue, 17 Nov 2020 

14. Potential signs of life on Venus are fading as astronomers downgrade their original claims
By Paul Voosen | Tue, 17 Nov 2020 

15. Temperature concerns could slow the rollout of new coronavirus vaccines
By Jocelyn Kaiser | Mon, 16 Nov 2020 

16. Famed meteorite reveals early water on Mars—and an early outer space bombardment
By Paul Voosen | Mon, 16 Nov 2020

17. ‘Just beautiful’: Another COVID-19 vaccine, from newcomer Moderna, succeeds in large-scale trial
By Jon Cohen | Mon, 16 Nov 2020