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It might seem scary to imagine getting infected by the coronavirus on purpose, but attenuated-virus vaccines are common.
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGISTS HAVE CREATED A SLOW-GROWING VERSION OF THE CORONAVIRUS TO GIVE AS A VACCINEDAVID ROTMANSEPTEMBER 16, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Someone who uses fake names, fake addresses — it must be scary, or exciting, as filmmakers.
“PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE”: HOW LOVE FRAUD BUILDS AN ABSORBING DOCUSERIES AROUND A ROMANTIC CON MANALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOX
While a cancer diagnosis at any age is scary and disorienting, it extracts a particularly powerful psychological and social toll on young adults.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN’S DEATH FROM COLORECTAL CANCER UNDERSCORES AN ALARMING INCREASE IN CASES AMONG YOUNGER ADULTS AS WELL AS HEALTH GAPS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANSLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 2, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
It has been surprising to me that we haven’t done better in our response, surprising and deeply saddening and scary.
WILL A COVID-19 VACCINE CHANGE THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH? (EP. 430)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 27, 2020FREAKONOMICS
The problem of China’s one-sided Internet policies and even scarier efforts requires a serious, unified global response.
WHY BARACK OBAMA WOULD BE TAKING DOWN TIKTOK, TOOAARON PRESSMANAUGUST 21, 2020FORTUNE
That wasn’t scary, Millikan said, because there wasn’t even enough radium in the world to make very much popcorn.
HOW UNDERSTANDING NATURE MADE THE ATOMIC BOMB INEVITABLETOM SIEGFRIEDAUGUST 6, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Thirty-three states saw their caseloads increase this week, continuing a scary nationwide trend that’s been getting worse since mid-June.
CORONAVIRUS CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE NATIONWIDEANDREW WITHERSPOONJULY 9, 2020AXIOS
I’ve come to accept the fact that we’re entering a scary time of profound change.
IT’S TIME TO GRIEVE THE WORLD WE’VE LOST TO CLIMATE CHANGE—AND START TO MOVE ONERIC HOLTHAUSJULY 7, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
From this perspective, the scary possibility is that the moment of reckoning will come too late.
THE SCARIEST THING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING (AND COVID-19)DAVID ROBERTSJULY 7, 2020VOX
So, I felt like even though it was a little scary for me just to join the conversation and to have something to add, I think that there was power in those stories.
OLYMPIAN ALLYSON FELIX BREAKS USAIN BOLT'S RECORD—10 MONTHS AFTER EMERGENCY C-SECTIONHEALTHOCTOBER 3, 2019HEALTH
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