Asia/Pacific

Partial shutdown of Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is unnecessary, scientists say

He Jiankui hid his work and used false blood tests, preliminary report says

Commercial whaling will replace a controversial research program, but the market for whale meat is declining

Researchers object to a metric that was easy to manipulate

The spacefaring first promises new insights into lunar composition and evolution

New book by historian Sunil Amrith explores water’s central role in South Asia

Government plan to phase out nuclear energy by 2025 is rejected in a referendum

A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal on the island’s northwest coast could cause sand movements and erosion, ecologists argue

Spending on applied and basic research rose 12.3% in 2017

Veterinary officials meeting in Bangkok agree to cooperate to minimize the damage from African swine fever

Proposed successor to Super-Kamiokande, exascale computer and x-ray satellite win backing

After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials

School says it rigged admission test scores to favor men

Rao Yi, invited for a National Science Foundation workshop in Washington, D.C., next week, has been denied visas since 2016

Usual drugs don’t defeat highly resistant strain, leaving only expensive options

Humans and climate change drove once-revered gibbon extinct in recent centuries