July/August 2020

Life During a Pandemic

Understanding the virus is just the beginning

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Features

Why R0 Is Problematic for Predicting COVID-19 Spread

How Social Isolation Affects the Brain

Harnessing Stem Cell–Like T Cells to Better Fight Cancer

Editorial

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An Open Letter: Scientists and Racial Justice

Scientist to Watch

Luis Alvarez Aims to Heal Wounds with Tissue-Regenerating “Paint”

Reading Frames

Opinion: Anticipating the Next Pandemic

Foundations

Jean Macnamara’s Multiple Causes, 1931

The Literature

Microbial Signatures in Blood Are Associated with Various Cancers

Male Flies’ Y Chromosome May Contribute to Earlier Deaths

How Breastfeeding Protects Mothers

Profiles

For the Greater Good: A Profile of Eva Harris

Infographics

Infographic: How Breastfeeding Protects Mothers

Infographic: Mix and Match

Infographic: Meet R, the Shaky Metric Guiding Pandemic Forecasts

Infographic: What Social Isolation Can Mean for the Brain

Infographic: How Immunotherapy Could Boost Stem-Like T Cells

Modus Operandi

Bacterial Superglue Enables Antiviral Antibody Discovery

Notebook

Innovative Birds Face a Lower Risk of Extinction

Our Pets May Harbor Much More Than Coronavirus

Ancient Beads Point to Far-Flung Relationships in Southern Africa

Fly Colonies Help Calculate Time of Death of Car Trunk Cadavers

Critic at Large

Opinion: Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Dangers of Health Disparities

Bio Business

How the Pharma Industry Pulled Off the Pivot to COVID-19

Contributors

Contributors

Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

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