Bangladesh could be the first to cultivate Golden Rice, genetically altered to fight blindness
Approval expected for the rice, long a flashpoint in debates over GM crops
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Unusual mass flowering in Malaysian rainforests provides seeds for endangered tree 'arks'
Explosion of flowers and seeds will aid plans to save endangered Dipterocarps -
‘There’s no hope for the rest of us.’ Uyghur scientists swept up in China’s massive detentions
Science organizations speak out in defense of Uyghur academics -
Indonesia’s fires are bad, but new measures prevented them from becoming worse
Policies to preserve and restore waterlogged forest help mitigate blazes, scientists say -
Kashmir’s communication blackout is a ‘devastating blow’ for academics, researchers say
All five universities remain closed and internet is disconnected in India’s only majority-Muslim state -
A dam threatens the world’s rarest ape. Why are some conservationists suddenly on board?
Group denies government pressure to support dam in habitat of threatened orangutan -
Chinese ties don’t faze European funders
But in the United States and Australia, worries about China are affecting collaborations -
China’s scientists alarmed, bewildered by growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States
Many academics dismiss conspiracy claims but worry about impacts on research -
Indonesia’s strict new biopiracy rules could stifle international research
Scientists who take samples out of the country illegally face prison time and hefty fines -
Surging cases have dashed all hope that polio might be eradicated in 2019
Virus refuses to budge in Afganistan and Pakistan, while vaccine-derived strains trigger fresh outbreaks in Africa -
Exclusive: North Korea claimed to be free of HIV. But infections appear to be surging
Report flags drug abuse and tainted blood donations as factors in virus’s spread -
Hong Kong researchers forge ties with mainland China even as protesters fight for autonomy
Some worry collaboration could give Beijing greater influence over Hong Kong’s research agenda -
Oldest evidence of marijuana use discovered in 2500-year-old cemetery in peaks of western China
THC levels in braziers show mourners along the ancient Silk Road inhaled -
Radioactive waste standoff could slash high tech’s supply of rare earth elements
Shuttering Malaysian plant could strengthen Chinese dominance in vital market -
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
