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  2. PhotoA false-color view of Venus taken by Japan’s Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter in 2018.
    CreditPLANET-C Project Team/JAXA

    Life on Venus? The Picture Gets Cloudier

    Despite doubts from many scientists, a team of researchers who said they had detected an unusual gas in the planet’s atmosphere were still confident of their findings.

    By Kenneth Chang and Shannon Stirone

  3. Trilobites

    PhotoPictured: Goats. Not pictured: Democracy in action.
    CreditZoran Marinovic for The New York Times

    Goats Don’t Vote

    While some animals that rove in groups appear to cast a form of ballot about directions, goats mostly copy each other.

    By Veronique Greenwood

  4. Trilobites

    PhotoApomys sacobianus, the Pinatubo volcano mouse.
    CreditDanny Balete/The Field Museum

    The Mouse That Survived a Volcanic Apocalypse

    Much as small mammals outlived the dinosaur extinction, this rodent beat the odds when Pinatubo blew its top in the Philippines in 1991.

    By Robin George Andrews

Trilobites

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  2. PhotoA sidewinder, or horned rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), in the Mojave Desert of California.
    CreditDaniel Heuclin/Nature Picture Library, via Alamy

    The Skin-Deep Physics of Sidewinder Snakes

    A close-up on snake skin helped scientists work out what might help certain snakes navigate sandy surfaces.

    By Asher Elbein

  3. Photo
    CreditRussell Bicknell

    They Put the Bite in Trilobite

    New research helps explain how some ancient species hunted and fed, and highlights the shell-crushing power of one large trilobite.

    By Cara Giaimo

Climate and Environment

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  1. PhotoA pipeline for a geothermal power project in Olkaria, Kenya.
    CreditMichael Gottschalk/Photothek, via Getty Images

    A Surprise in Africa: Air Pollution Falls as Economies Rise

    Air quality is improving in one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions, researchers have found. If the trend can be sustained, it would be good news for human health and climate change.

    By Shola Lawal

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    CreditClockwise from top left, KC Nwakalor for The New York Times; Max Whittaker for The New York Times; Brian L. Frank for The New York Times; NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck.

    The Year in Climate

    A lot happened in 2020. Here’s how The Times’s Climate Desk covered it.

  1. People With Dementia Are Twice as Likely to Get Covid, Huge Study Finds

    The analysis of nearly 62 million electronic medical records in the U.S. also found that Black people with dementia were at an even greater risk.

    By Pam Belluck

  2. With Mission to China, W.H.O. Tries to Rehabilitate Its Image

    A lead scientist said the research showed that the virus most likely spread naturally from animals to humans, playing down the possibility that it emerged from a laboratory.

    By Javier C. Hernández

  3. Less Drilling, Less Germ Spray: Dentistry Adapts to the Covid Era

    The pandemic has forced dentists and hygienists to change some of the methods for maintaining good oral hygiene, to protect patients as well as themselves.

    By Deborah Schoch

  4. Coronavirus Variants and Mutations

    Tracking recent mutations, variants and lineages.

    By Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer

  5. Mountains, Ice and Climate Change: A Recipe for Disasters

    Shrinking and thinning of glaciers is one of the most documented signs of global warming caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases.

    By Henry Fountain

  6. Before Himalayan Flood, India Ignored Warnings of Development Risks

    Long before a deadly flood hit two hydroelectric dams, scientists warned repeatedly that such projects were dangerous in a fragile region made more so by global warming.

    By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar

  7. A Few Covid Vaccine Recipients Developed a Rare Blood Disorder

    A link to the vaccines is not certain, and investigations are underway in some reported cases.

    By Denise Grady

  8. The Coronavirus Crossroads: the Vaccinated, the Stymied and the Waiting

    Frustration and at times resentment among those struggling to get a shot, and tempered elation on the other side of the divide.

    By Jennifer Steinhauer

  9. Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic, Study Finds

    A broad move away from coal power was an important factor in pushing down global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said, and could help accelerate a shift toward renewable energy.

    By Veronica Penney

  10. AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Does Not Work Well Against Virus Variant in South Africa

    The bad news, coming nearly a week after a million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine arrived in South Africa, was a big setback for the country.

    By Benjamin Mueller, Rebecca Robbins and Lynsey Chutel