Massive U.S. ecological observatory gets new director
Sharon Collinge to run National Ecological Observatory Network as it moves into operations
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Q&A: George Church and company on genomic sequencing, blockchain, and better drugs
Harvard University geneticist and collaborators explain Nebula, their new startup -
Trump to dump controversial environmental nominee
Senators, scientists had called Kathleen Hartnett White unqualified -
Fidel Castro’s eldest son, a physicist, is victim of apparent suicide
Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart had spearheaded drive to catch Cuba up on nanotechnology -
Retired astronaut picked to lead U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist James Reilly has worked in oil industry and for-profit higher education -
After safety breaches, new Los Alamos director pushes for accountability at nuclear weapons lab
Incidents, and criticism, have shaken morale, Terry Wallace says -
Nobel laureate will step down from leading embattled Salk Institute
Elizabeth Blackburn cuts short her tenure at Salk amid gender discrimination lawsuits, which have also led Inder Verma to take leave of absence from editor-in-chief of PNAS -
New NCI director expects big data to revolutionize cancer research, care
Ned Sharpless brings broad experience to biggest National Institutes of Health agency -
U.S. energy department reshuffles science’s place within sprawling agency
Reorganization highlights long-simmering debate over how to connect science and energy programs -
Europe’s 5000-year-old frozen man gets his own movie—but don’t expect to understand what he says
Science chats with the filmmaker who brought Ötzi the mummy back to life -
Researcher in Swedish fraud case speaks out: ‘I’m very disappointed by my colleague’
Data in a paper about the dangers of microplastics were fabricated, a new investigation finds -
Q&A: Why fossil scientists are suing Trump over monuments downsizing
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology joins landmark legal battle -
Beetles are ravaging Europe’s oldest forest. Is logging the answer?
Foresters and ecologists face off over the future of a primeval landscape in Poland -
Q&A: Japanese physician snares prize for battling antivaccine campaigners
But Riko Muranaka’s advocacy for cervical cancer vaccine has not convinced a skeptical Japanese public of its safety -
How to science up your Thanksgiving dinner
Physical chemist and food science nerd Dario Bressanini chats about the most common chemical reaction in your kitchen—and more -
Director of HHS scientific fraud office is out after stormy 2-year tenure
Office of Research Integrity Director Kathy Partin moving to 90-day detail at another agency
