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In science news around the world, the U.K. government, facing criticism over its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, announces it will replace England's disease control agency with a United Kingdom–wide one focused on infectious diseases. Observations at the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico are halted after a cable breaks and strikes a receiver and panels in its dish; engineers are investigating the length and cost of needed repairs. The Trump administration moves to sell leases to drill oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and finalizes a rule that gives oil and gas companies greater leeway to allow leaks of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine gears up for an in-depth study of systemic racism in U.S. academic research.
