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[:es]Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error[:]

[:es]After the novel coronavirus made its way from China around the world, one country after another adopted harsh measures to stop SARS-CoV-2 from spreading and overwhelming hospitals. They have hit […]
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[:es]‘A huge step forward.’ Mutant enzyme could vastly improve recycling of plastic bottles[:]

[:es]Recycling isn’t as guilt-free as it seems. Only about 30% of the plastic that goes into soda bottles gets turned into new plastic, and it often ends up as a […]
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[:es]New genetic tools promise to unlock secrets of microscopic marine life[:]

[:es]Fifty percent of the oxygen we breathe comes from ocean microbes. Yet these tiny marine organisms have largely remained a mystery to science. Now, thanks to the efforts of more […]
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[:es]Proteins that sense light also sense taste, at least in fruit flies[:]

[:es]Like many animals, you couldn’t see without proteins called opsins, which dwell in the light-sensitive cells of your eyes. A new study reveals for the first time that fruit flies […]
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[:es]Publicado el primer mapa genético de la corteza cerebral[:]

[:es]Un nuevo estudio de la revista Science identifica por primera vez variantes genéticas que influyen en las diferencias individuales de la corteza cerebral y cómo se relacionan con el riesgo […]
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[:es]Should pets be tested for coronavirus?[:]

[:es]Last Thursday, the first cat tested positive for the new coronavirus. The feline had diarrhea, vomiting, and difficulty breathing, and it had come down with COVID-19 about 1 week after […]
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[:es]How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes[:]

[:es]COVID-19, caused by the new pandemic coronavirus, is strangely—and tragically—selective. Only some infected people get sick, and although most of the critically ill are elderly or have complicating problems such […]
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[:es]Mysterious chemical found in dead cat’s brain reopens debate over mercury poisoning disaster[:]

[:es]The city of Minamata, Japan, is dotted with monuments commemorating victims of an industrial mass poisoning decades ago. High in the hills, a small stone memorial honors other deaths—of cats […]
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[:es]Cellphone tracking could help stem the spread of coronavirus. Is privacy the price?[:]

[:es]“IT IS POSSIBLE TO STOP THE EPIDEMIC.” That’s the message splashed atop a website built by a University of Oxford team this week to share new research on the spread […]