Asia

Gamma ray photons traced back to cosmic particle accelerators in both dead and newborn stars

Pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan appears to subside, but many questions remain about routes and extent of transmission

Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

Approval expected for the rice, long a flashpoint in debates over GM crops

Explosion of flowers and seeds will aid plans to save endangered Dipterocarps

Science organizations speak out in defense of Uyghur academics

Policies to preserve and restore waterlogged forest help mitigate blazes, scientists say

All five universities remain closed and internet is disconnected in India’s only majority-Muslim state

Group denies government pressure to support dam in habitat of threatened orangutan

But in the United States and Australia, worries about China are affecting collaborations

Many academics dismiss conspiracy claims but worry about impacts on research

Scientists who take samples out of the country illegally face prison time and hefty fines

Virus refuses to budge in Afganistan and Pakistan, while vaccine-derived strains trigger fresh outbreaks in Africa

Report flags drug abuse and tainted blood donations as factors in virus’s spread

Some worry collaboration could give Beijing greater influence over Hong Kong’s research agenda

THC levels in braziers show mourners along the ancient Silk Road inhaled