Radioactive waste standoff could slash high tech’s supply of rare earth elements
Shuttering Malaysian plant could strengthen Chinese dominance in vital market
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This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it?
European collectors took two specimens from forests in Malaysia but didn’t have permits -
Earth scientists plan to meld massive databases into a ‘geological Google’
China is backing an international effort to make a one-stop data shop -
Hindu nationalists claim that ancient Indians had airplanes, stem cell technology, and the internet
The rapid rise of pseudoscience in the Modi era triggers ridicule and concern -
Struggling to make ends meet, India’s early-career scientists take to the streets
Stipends have stayed flat for 4 years and are often late -
China unveils design for $5 billion particle smasher
If funded, construction could start in 2022 but Japan may start building its own "Higgs factory"' earlier -
Indonesian ‘vaccine fatwa’ sends measles immunization rates plummeting
Muslim clerics declare measles and rubella vaccine made with pork components impure -
Slippery volcanic soils blamed for deadly landslides during Hokkaido earthquake
Hillsides slid away on slippery layer of pumice -
Can China, the world’s biggest pork producer, contain a fatal pig virus? Scientists fear the worst
African swine fever could spell economic catastrophe and puts an important protein source at risk -
Staying slim during pregnancy carries a price
Japanese are shrinking as low birth weight rises; their health may be at risk as well -
New China space missions will watch for colliding black holes, solar blasts
Four new missions will accelerate Chinese space science starting in 2020 -
Major donor nixes effort to combat tuberculosis crisis in North Korea
Climbing rates of disease and spread of drug-resistant strains seen as threat to region -
Here’s how China is challenging the U.S. and European brain initiatives
New research centers move 15-year project closer to reality -
Bucking global trends, Japan again embraces coal power
Plans for new coal plants imperil efforts to cut emissions -
This 11,000-year-old statue unearthed in Siberia may reveal ancient views of taboos and demons
Gigantic wooden statue is among world’s oldest monumental art -
Did ancient Mesopotamians get high? Near Eastern rituals may have included opium, cannabis
Researchers uncover unique kitchen in a 4000-year-old palace, where priests may have served up opium-laced potions for ceremonies
