Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s office announced Friday evening that it has “yet to see any evidence of wide-spread fraud” in the state’s 2020 election, an indirect rebuke of unsupported claims of mass voter fraud made by President Donald Trump and Nevada Republicans.

For one retired California attorney hoping to live out his days in quiet, conservative isolation in Pahrump, Nevada’s democracy is something that must be rigorously stamped out.

Reality check: COVID doesn’t care about you. It feels no compassion, no regret about the millions it’s killed. It isn’t concerned with the time of year, or the news cycle, or politics. It’s not taking a break for Christmas. It definitely doesn’t care that we’re all burnt out and tired of hearing about it.

The gift underneath the Christmas tree might have been delivered by Santa, but it’s possible it was inspired by Ryan.

The Physics World 2020 Breakthrough of the Year goes to Elham Fadaly, Alain Dijkstra and Erik Bakkers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, Jens Renè Suckert at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena in Germany and an international team for creating a silicon-based material with a direct band gap that emits light at wavelengths used for optical telecommunications.

On Oct. 9, billionaire Ken Griffin, the head of a multinational financial services company, gave $2 million to a super PAC called Georgia United Victory (GUV), which had originally been launched by allies of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp but at the time exclusively supported Sen. Kelly Loeffler's election campaign.

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization to a new at-home diagnostic COVID-19 test. The rapid antigen test, created by digital diagnostics company Ellume, delivers results in as little as 15 minutes. Such a speedy result is exactly what we need right now, says Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. “The more rapid the turnaround, the better the test,” he says.

Since the pandemic began, teacher unions have played a significant role in the process of reopening public schools. This role has been characterized by a very cautious stance in allowing teachers to return to campus. And although not all districts must negotiate with their unions in order to open their doors, the truth is that, without the blessing of the union, will teachers go to work? Asks Bradley Marianno, a teaching assistant at the University. of Nevada, Las Vegas.