Top stories: Francis Collins’ decade, the upside of melting Arctic ice, and ‘ethical’ eggs
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Here’s what Earth might look like to aliens
Astronomers reverse engineer Earth images to understand data from exoplanets -
Scientists may have spotted a black hole and a neutron star colliding
Strong signal from gravitational wave detectors hints at long-sought exotic source -
‘Mystery’ volcano that cooled the ancient world traced to El Salvador
The 539 C.E. eruption triggered crop failure, famine, and disease -
Podcast: One million ways to sex a chicken egg, and how plastic finds its way to Arctic ice
On this week’s show: Researchers bring in MRI, artificial intelligence, and CRISPR to figure out the sex of unhatched chickens, and microplastic finds a route to the far north -
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Carbon atoms marry to form first-ever ring
Cyclocarbon could lead to new materials for electronics and nanodevices -
FDA approves another drug for drug-resistant TB but questions about it remain
Pills could replace current grueling regimen -
An ecologist with an eye toward forecasting the future
Michael Dietze is helping stand up the Ecological Forecasting Initiative -
Study that claims white police no more likely to shoot minorities draws fire
Even with new crowdsourced databases, measuring racial bias remains difficult -
Fiddler crabs produce more carbon dioxide than their marshy homes can handle
Dense burrows release carbon dioxide from the salt marsh soil -
For a decade, Francis Collins has shielded NIH—while making waves of his own
Collins has led the National Institutes of Health with a firm hand -
In departure for NIH, Cancer Moonshot requires grantees to make papers immediately free
Open-access requirement diverges from usual U.S. government policy -
‘Ethical’ eggs could save male chicks from mass slaughter
Scientists find ways to sex chicks before they hatch -
Cataclysmic collision could explain Jupiter’s fuzzy core
Study may resolve surprising new observations -
Climate expert at CDC poised to file whistleblower complaint over treatment
George Luber not allowed in office without armed escort -
The best way to help cows and zebras? Make them live together
Surprising study finds benefits to ranches that open themselves up to wildlife -
Telescopes in Hawaii reopen after deal with protesters
Construction of Thirty Meter Telescope remains stalled, but other astronomers return to work -
Observatory detects numerous mysterious radio bursts from deep space
Find could help unravel a cosmic mystery -
Changing sperm speed can influence offspring’s sex, mouse study suggests
Technique can sort “male” sperm from “female” -
‘Stature gene’ may reveal why these hunter-gatherers are among the world’s smallest humans
Study may resolve long-standing debate about origin of Africa’s “Pygmies” -
Colombia confirms that dreaded fungus has hit its banana plantations
World’s largest exporting region makes first confirmation of disease -
Finally, some good news about Ebola: Two new treatments dramatically lower the death rate in a trial
The therapies, both monoclonal antibody preparations, will now be used to treat all patients -
Vanishing Arctic ice will open the way for more science voyages, analysis suggests
Vessel traffic in U.S. Arctic has doubled since 2008 -
New Trump rules would curb U.S. endangered species protections
Changes would allow officials to consider costs, and not just science -
U.S. groups urge restraint in investigating academic espionage by China
Open letter urges the Federal Bureau of Investigation “to tread carefully”
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