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Skip to main content AAAS ScienceMag.org Search Search X Advanced Search Science Contents News Careers Journals Menu News Read our COVID-19 research and news. Coronavirus: latest news Science | Dec. 17, 2020 ERIC GAILLARD/REUTERS Science ’s Breakthrough of the Year 2020: shots of hope in a pandemic-ravaged world Latest News | Dec. 17, 2020 Adam Simpson/Heart Agency China lands its Moon rocks in Inner Mongolia ScienceInsider | Dec. 16, 2020 CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom COVID-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome, raising calls for early vaccination ScienceInsider | Dec. 15, 2020 Catherine Ross North Korea is about to exhaust its tuberculosis drug supply, experts warn ScienceInsider | Dec. 14, 2020 AP Photo/Eric Talmadge Latest News Science ’s Breakthrough of the Year 2020: shots of hope in a pandemic-ravaged world By Science News Staff Dec. 17, 2020 Podcast: Breakthrough of the Year, top online news, and science book highlights By Sarah Crespi , David Grimm , et al. 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