Top stories: Vaccine durability, the universe’s first molecule, and CRISPR’s powerful cousin
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Sodium batteries are one step closer to saving you from a mobile phone fire
New flexible electrodes help solid-state batteries last longer -
Exclusive: Major U.S. cancer center ousts ‘Asian’ researchers after NIH flags their foreign ties
Chinese American community fears ethnic targeting at MD Anderson by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Institutes of Health -
Archaeological society tries to stem continuing controversy over #MeToo scandal
Other scientific societies plan to update harassment policies in response -
Podcast: How dental plaque reveals the history of dairy farming, and how our neighbors view food waste
On this week’s show: Ancient teeth reveal the origins of milk consumption, and how much we know about how much food we’re wasting -
How long do vaccines last? The surprising answers may help protect people longer
Scientists are developing vaccines that produce more durable immune responses and debating when booster shots are needed -
To amp up solar cells, scientists ditch silicon
New perovskite tandem cell promises to be cheaper than conventional ones, and almost as efficient -
Glowing genitalia reveal the identity of mysterious millipedes
Ultraviolet light produces different colors that help scientists tell species apart -
Archaeologists unearth largest Mayan figurine factory to date
Aragón may have gained power as nearby cities collapsed -
New genetic ‘risk score’ could predict obesity odds
But scientists warn the risk score comes with risks of its own -
Africa’s largest mammalian carnivore had canines ‘the size of bananas’
Simbakubwa kutokaafrika was larger than a polar bear and toothier than a lion -
Powerful CRISPR cousin accidentally mutates RNA while editing DNA target
Off-target editing could complicate developing safe “base-edited” therapies -
These ocean floats can hear earthquakes, revealing mysterious structures deep inside Earth
MERMAIDs offer a cheap way to “x-ray” Earth from remote places -
Long-underfunded Lyme disease research gets an injection of money—and ideas
Federal funds offered for prevention of tickborne illnesses -
Ancient goat urine reveals how Anatolian farmers began to domesticate their herds
Urine salts buried in sediment show a slow move to domestication -
Astronomers have spotted the universe’s first molecule
Helium hydride detected by airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope -
Stanford says its researchers did not help Chinese biologist who gene edited babies
Internal investigation releases conclusions after story highlights role of bioengineer Stephen Quake -
New climate models predict a warming surge
Scientists question whether stronger anticipated response to greenhouse gases is realistic -
Cheap, portable scanners could transform brain imaging. But how will scientists deliver the data?
Q&A with neuroethicist Francis Shen and MRI developer Michael Garwood -
Influential senator asks NSF for data on threat from foreign influences
Senator Chuck Grassley (R–IA) adds third research agency to campaign to monitor potential misuse of tax dollars -
Were Europe’s megalithic societies patrilineal?
Controversial new DNA study suggests “yes” for some -
These suicidal aphids repair their home with their own bodily fluids
Scientists discover the recipe and origins of this bug’s quick hardening goop -
African research projects are failing because funding agencies can’t match donor money
“Counterfunding,” desired by donor countries, can be 50% of a project’s cost -
Newly drilled sediment cores could reveal how fast the Antarctic ice sheet will melt
First deep cores from the Amundsen Sea floor record how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated millions of years ago -
#MeToo controversy erupts at archaeology meeting
Society’s new antiharassment policy doesn’t include mechanisms for protecting survivors of past abuse if harasser attends meeting
