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View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story September 1, 2020 Calla Kessler for The New York Times   Profiles In Science Myriam Sarachik Never Gave Up on Physics The New York-based scientist overcame sexism and personal tragedy to make major contributions to the field, for which she received recognition this year. By Kenneth Chang Jonathan J. Gottlieb   From the Seabed, Figures of an Ancient Cult A trove of Phoenician artifacts was long ascribed to a single shipwreck. More likely they were tossed overboard, and over centuries, a new study suggests. By Joshua Rapp Learn Anang Dianto   Trilobites Singing Dogs Re-emerge From Extinction for Another Tune The animal was believed to have disappeared from the highlands of New Guinea, but was found on the island’s Indonesian side. By James Gorman Rosatom   New Video Shows Largest Hydrogen Bomb Ever Exploded A Russian nuclear energy agency released formerly classified footage of the Soviet Union’s 1961 Tsar Bomba test. By William J. Broad Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Email us Let us know how we’re doing at sciencenewsletter@nytimes.com. THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times   These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines Impatient for a coronavirus vaccine, dozens of scientists around the world are giving themselves — and sometimes, friends and family — their own unproven versions. By Heather Murphy Etienne Laurent/EPA, via Shutterstock   A Parent’s Toughest Call: In-Person Schooling or Not? Parents are wrestling with difficult choices over sending their children to school. Here’s how one science reporter made the decision. By Apoorva Mandavilli     Who’s to Blame for the Pandemic? “How to Stop the Next Pandemic,” a Times documentary, reveals how your choices make future pandemics more likely. By Jonah M. Kessel Johnny Milano for The New York Times   Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be. The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus. By Apoorva Mandavilli Luca Sola/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images   Matter What if the First Coronavirus Vaccines Aren’t the Best? Dozens of research groups around the world are playing the long game, convinced that their experimental vaccines will be cheaper and more powerful than the ones leading the race today. By Carl Zimmer Jim Davis/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images   Matter One Meeting in Boston Seeded Tens of Thousands of Infections, Study Finds A February meeting of biotech executives became a coronavirus “superspreading” event with a transmission chain across the globe. By Carl Zimmer Etienne Laurent/EPA, via Shutterstock   Why Does the Coronavirus Hit Men Harder? A New Clue Women produce a more powerful immune response than do men, a new study finds. By Apoorva Mandavilli Getty Images   The Checkup Helping Children With Pandemic Grief Many children may learn of a grandparent’s death without a chance to visit to say goodbye. By Perri Klass, M.D. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT MORE SCIENCE NEWS Martin Kundrát   Trilobites Fossil Reveals ‘One of the Cutest Dinosaurs’ Ever Found While many fossils have been flattened by time and the elements, a titanosaur found in an egg was preserved in three dimensions. By Lucas Joel Crystal Shin   Trilobites 250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World In the tusks of creatures that lived before dinosaurs, paleontologists found signs of hibernation-like metabolism. By Kenneth Chang Witold Skrypczak/Alamy   Trilobites Did Something Burp? It Was an Earthquake Years of observations in central Italy show that more carbon dioxide percolates through Earth’s crust during periods of strong seismic activity. By Katherine Kornei Leonardi Lab   Trilobites You Can’t Escape Lice, Even 6,500 Feet Below the Ocean A species of insect tags along with elephant seals as they spend months at sea, enduring the crushing pressure changes of the mammals’ dives. By Priyanka Runwal What It Took to Free a Whale Entangled in 4,000 Pounds of Fishing Gear The influx of whales to cleaner waters off New York City has meant that the number of them injured or killed there is on the rise. By Annie Roth Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic. Faced with plunging profits and a climate crisis that threatens fossil fuels, the industry is demanding a trade deal that weakens Kenya’s rules on plastics and on imports of American trash. By Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael Corkery and Carlos Mureithi E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants The agency weakened Obama-era rules meant to keep metals and other pollution out of rivers and streams, saving industry tens of millions of dollars. By Lisa Friedman U.S. Flood Strategy Shifts to ‘Unavoidable’ Relocation of Entire Neighborhoods Using tax dollars to move whole communities out of flood zones, an idea long dismissed as radical, is swiftly becoming policy, marking a new and more disruptive phase of climate change. By Christopher Flavelle Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT HEALTH Houston Cofield for The New York Times   The Psychiatrist Will See You Online Now Experts have long predicted that psychotherapy was poised to go virtual. The pandemic may prove them right. By Benedict Carey Aaron Favila/Associated Press   In an Era of Face Masks, We’re All a Little More Face Blind Your brain’s powers of facial recognition are going to need some time to get used to the coverings we’re wearing to keep each other healthy. By Elizabeth Preston Chris Pizzello/Invision, via Associated Press   What to Know About Colon Cancer The cancer that killed Chadwick Boseman is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and rates are rising among younger people. By Pam Belluck Gracia Lam   Personal Health Dizziness Upon Standing Can Lead to Falls and Fractures The problem, a brief but precipitous drop in blood pressure that causes lightheadedness or dizziness when standing up, is called orthostatic hypotension. By Jane E. Brody Sarahbeth Maney for The New York Times   Dermatology Has a Problem With Skin Color Common conditions often manifest differently on dark skin. Yet physicians are trained mostly to diagnose them on white skin. By Roni Caryn Rabin A Woman May Have Been Cured of H.I.V. Without Medical Treatment In dozens of other patients who suppress the virus without drugs, it seems to have been cornered in parts of the genome where it cannot reproduce, scientists reported. By Apoorva Mandavilli ‘A Hail Mary’: Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats Ayahuasca, a vomit-inducing hallucinogenic brew, draws thousands of people each year — including former soldiers — to jungle retreats that have become an unlicensed and unregulated mental health marketplace. By Ernesto Londoño and Adam Ferguson U.S. Will Revive Global Virus-Hunting Effort Ended Last Year A federal agency is resurrecting a version of Predict, a scientific network that for a decade watched for new pathogens dangerous to humans. Joe Biden has also vowed to fund the effort. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. and Thomas Kaplan Reopened Schools Find Health Risks in Water After Covid-19 Lockdowns A number of schools found the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease in their water, and experts say more should expect to see it. By Max Horberry phys ed Exercise May Boost Your Vaccine Response Two new studies of elite athletes found that working out amplifies the immune response to a flu shot. 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