Novel Coronavirus May Not Have Originated in Wuhan Seafood Market

Description of earliest cases suggests outbreak began elsewhere | Continue reading


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We need a people’s cryo-EM

Cheap cryo–electron microscope could accelerate discovery of protein structures | Continue reading


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Scientists re-create voice of 3000-year-old mummy

Brief utterance may reveal what Egyptian priest sounded like | Continue reading


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To replace the additive BPA, a chemical company teams up with unlikely allies

To test its new compound, Sherwin-Williams sought help from scientists and environmental groups critical of bisphenol A | Continue reading


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Genetic modification could protect soldiers from chemical weapons

Gene therapy tested in mice turns liver into shield against deadly nerve agents | Continue reading


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Gut microbes could predict whether you’re likely to die in the next 15 years

Two studies find strong predictive power of microbiome in complex diseases and death | Continue reading


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Yada yada scientists name new virus after Seinfeld catch phrase

Not that there’s anything wrong with that! | Continue reading


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UK to embark on ‘agricultural revolution’ in break from EU farm subsidies

Payments will focus on environmental benefits rather than food production | Continue reading


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Targeting Cytokine Release Syndrome During Car-T Cell Therapy

New work suggests overproduction of proteins from a cell therapy sets off a dangerous side effect | Continue reading


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Genetically engineered mosquitoes resist spreading any form of dengue – Science

Equipping mosquitoes with an antidengue antibody could someday protect millions of people from dreaded virus | Continue reading


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Oldest Scorpion Known to Man

Ancient arachnid could reveal clues about the evolution of modern scorpions and spiders | Continue reading


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Ancient Egypt may have given cats the personality to conquer the world (2017)

Civilization of the pharaohs may have turbocharged domestication | Continue reading


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FDA and NIH let clinical trial sponsors keep results secret and break the law

Science investigation of ClinicalTrials.gov reveals that federal promises to enforce trial transparency have fizzled | Continue reading


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Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of researchers

Firings at Moffitt Cancer Center trigger investigation by state legislators | Continue reading


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Parrots are the first birds observed showing kindness to others

When another African gray parrot needs help, its partner “lends a wing” | Continue reading


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Russian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigation

Academy commission's probe of domestic journals causes "conflict and tension" | Continue reading


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What fossils will modern-day civilization leave behind?

Science chats with two experts about what future paleontologists—or perhaps even visiting aliens—might find | Continue reading


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Virus used in gene therapies may pose cancer risk, dog study hints

Delivered DNA integrates into host genome, stabilizing protein production but stirring fears of mutating cell growth genes | Continue reading


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Ancient tree rings: Americas prone to catastrophic, simultaneous droughts

Strong La Niña conditions drove medieval droughts | Continue reading


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Polio eradication program faces hard choices as endgame strategy falters

“All options are on the table” to fight alarming rise in vaccine-derived outbreaks | Continue reading


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Chinese scientist who produced genetically altered babies sentenced to jail

He Jiankui and two collaborators were found guilty of “illegal medical practices” | Continue reading


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Ants walking backward find their way home

Insects can recognize scenery forward and backward | Continue reading


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Eyeing organs for human transplant, companies unveil most gene-edited pigs yet

The pig organs are now being tested in nonhuman primates | Continue reading


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Wanted: €1B for troubled German nuclear physics facility

Physicists hope member states will cover the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research’s massive budget overrun | Continue reading


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European exoplanet mission will scrutinize known worlds

The Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite will resolve debates over exoplanet sizes | Continue reading


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Scientists just added two functional letters to the genetic code

Engineered microbes use unnatural DNA bases to make life’s building blocks | Continue reading


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Rude paper reviews are pervasive and sometimes harmful, study finds

Researchers of color particularly vulnerable to “unprofessional” comments | Continue reading


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Sweet potato can warn neighbors of insect attacks

Breeding potatoes that produce chemical compound could provide an all-natural pest defense | Continue reading


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As epilepsy drugs fail some patients, scientists seek root causes of seizures

Leaps in gene sequencing and better animal models are changing how doctors understand, study, and sometimes treat epilepsy | Continue reading


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U.S. scientists who hide foreign ties should face research misconduct sanctions

But Jason report rejects need for new federal restrictions on basic science | Continue reading


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Rude paper reviews are pervasive and sometimes harmful, study finds

Researchers of color particularly vulnerable to “unprofessional” comments | Continue reading


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What’s creating thousands of craters off the California coast?

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Real-world science sets 'The Expanse' apart from other sci-fi shows

Science chats with the showrunner, a Ph.D. in physics and electrical engineering | Continue reading


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A volcanic eruption helped create modern Scotland

Eruption-induced cooling likely exacerbated the “Scottish ills” of the late 1690s | Continue reading


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Should aging lab monkeys be retired to sanctuaries?

Biomedical researchers are increasingly interested in retiring monkeys, but the community is divided | Continue reading


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Even 50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warming

Study debunks idea that older models were inaccurate | Continue reading


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Generating electrical power from potential difference of fresh and salt water

Boron nitride nanotube membrane creates power by controlling the flow of electrically charged ions in water | Continue reading


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A cat co-authored an influential research paper

In 1975, Jack Hetherington and F.D.C. Willard published a paper together in Physical Review Letters. The paper is an influential view into atomic behavior and has been cited multiple times, but only one of its authors is human... | Continue reading


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Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship (2018)

REV Ocean ramps up with $500 million from fisheries and oil tycoon | Continue reading


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When You’re the Scientist in the Family

Our columnist explores how scientists’ “scientific-ness” can create particular challenges for their loved ones | Continue reading


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French playwright Molière did write his own masterpieces: computer science

Linguistic analysis distinguishes Molière’s writing from suspected ghostwriter’s | Continue reading


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Former White House climate adviser calls methane ‘irrelevant’ to climate

Research aims to support rollback of methane rules | Continue reading


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How safe is vaping? New human studies assess chronic harm to heart and lungs

Research explores immune abnormalities, artery health, and the balance of bacteria in the mouth and throat | Continue reading


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Deal won’t prevent 5G communication networks interfering with weather forecasts

Noise standard strikes middle ground between proposals | Continue reading


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Bold space mission to bring back rocks from Mars takes shape

NASA and Europe settle on suite of missions to bring back rocks from the Red Planet | Continue reading


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Why do people die fighting for a cause? (2017)

Anthropologist explores what happens when ideas trump life or family | Continue reading


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A better way to convert dog years to human years, scientists say

New dog age calculator uses DNA changes to estimate how old your dog is in human years | Continue reading


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The Physics of Spilled Coffee

Researchers determine how to carry mugs without making a mess | Continue reading


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