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(left to right): a tent in the Swiss Alps; a sunset over water; a visualization of asteroids approaching Greenland

Top stories: Earth’s darkest year, errors in ocean study, and a young crater under Greenland’s ice

Latest News | Nov. 16, 2018

(left to right): NICOLE SPAULDING/CCI FROM C. P. LOVELUCK ET AL., ANTIQUITY 10.15184, 4, 2018; DANIEL RAMIREZ/FLICKR; NASA SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO

Tent on Colle Gnifetti Glacier in the Swiss Alps

Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’

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NICOLE SPAULDING/CCI FROM C. P. LOVELUCK ET AL., ANTIQUITY 10.15184, 4, 2018

The ocean stores much of the warming caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases.

High-profile ocean warming paper to get a correction

ScienceInsider | Nov. 14, 2018

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An illustration of an asteroid that may have smashed into an ice sheet just 13,000 years ago.

Massive crater under Greenland’s ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans

Latest News | Nov. 14, 2018

NASA SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO

Antlia 2 (upper left), hidden on the Milky Way's far side

Large, strangely dim galaxy found lurking on far side of Milky Way

Latest News | Nov. 13, 2018

G. Torrealba, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; V. Belokurov, Cambridge, U.K. and CCA, New York, U.S., based on an image by ESO/S. Brunie

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By Paul VoosenNov. 19, 2018
Duke University to settle case alleging researchers used fraudulent data to win millions in grants

By Ivan Oransky, Retraction WatchNov. 19, 2018
Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship

By Erik StokstadNov. 19, 2018
NASA to pay private space companies for moon rides

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By Daniel CleryNov. 19, 2018
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By Sid PerkinsNov. 19, 2018
Research groups attend HHS ‘listening session’ on fetal tissue research amid funding fears

By Meredith WadmanNov. 16, 2018
A U.S. biochemistry professor takes his political shot—and misses by a lot

By Jeffrey MervisNov. 16, 2018
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Top stories: Earth’s darkest year, errors in ocean study, and a young crater under Greenland’s ice

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China unveils design for $5 billion particle smasher

By Dennis NormileNov. 16, 2018
In reversal, NSF lifts proposal limits on biologists

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By Michael PriceNov. 16, 2018
A ‘rediscovered’ drug against sleeping sickness gets the green light

By Gretchen VogelNov. 16, 2018

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Vol 362, Issue 6416
16 November 2018

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In Depth

Vote heralds fresh start for science panel

By Jeffrey MervisNov. 16, 2018
Eruption made 536 ‘the worst year to be alive’

By Ann GibbonsNov. 16, 2018
Obesity gives unexpected boost to anticancer drugs

By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 16, 2018
Fresh fights roil evidence-based medicine group

By Gretchen VogelNov. 16, 2018
Reprogrammed cells could tackle brain damage

By Kelly ServickNov. 16, 2018
Large galaxy found lurking on the Milky Way's far side

By Adam MannNov. 16, 2018

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By Joshua Rapp LearnNov. 15, 2018
In just 12 days, the world gets half of its annual rainfall

By Sid PerkinsNov. 15, 2018
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By Colin BarrasNov. 14, 2018
Venus flytraps kill with chemicals like those from lightning bolts

By Richard A. LovettNov. 12, 2018

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Duke University to settle case alleging researchers used fraudulent data to win millions in grants

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A U.S. biochemistry professor takes his political shot—and misses by a lot

By Jeffrey MervisNov. 16, 2018
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