More than 700 German research institutions strike open-access deal with Springer Nature
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Infected travelers reveal Cuba’s ‘hidden’ Zika outbreak
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Have humans developed natural defenses against suicide?
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A new study gives the first ever glimpse inside wild manta social structure -
Cryptographers scramble to protect the internet from attackers armed with quantum computers
Such machines may be decades away, but the United States is pushing now for encryption method that they can’t crack -
Italian blindness researchers planning monkey studies threatened after health ministry releases names
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Suicide attempts are hard to anticipate. A study that tracks teens’ cellphone use aims to change that
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German icebreaker will lead unprecedented $134 million effort -
Climate facts subject to rules on partisan advertising in Canada
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A Stanford neuroscientist tries to identify depression subtypes and tailor care -
New addiction research center receives trove of molecules from embattled opioidmaker
Purdue Pharma will share drug candidates and blood samples with Oklahoma State University, the beneficiary of a previous legal settlement -
Century-old salmon-smeared notebooks reveal past bounty of fisheries
DNA analysis of scales stuck to page suggest wild sockeye declines in Canada have been larger than thought -
Funding crisis at Brazilian science agency could leave 80,000 researchers and students without pay
The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development may run out of money in a few weeks -
Australian university suspends ancient DNA expert Alan Cooper as part of workplace investigation
University of Adelaide continues inquiry into “culture” at Centre for Ancient DNA -
This rocky ‘super-Earth’ may be a hard place for life to get a foothold
New study suggests LHS 3844b may not have an atmosphere -
AAAS names chemist Holden Thorp as editor-in-chief of Science
University administrator’s interests include diversity and entrepreneurship -
Tropical storms are making these spiders more aggressive
Storms kill off docile colonies, leaving aggressive spiders to flourish -
Drinking fluoridated water during pregnancy may lower IQ in sons, controversial study says
But critics say the results are “barely statistically significant” -
‘The system is swamped.’ Canada can’t keep up with requests to study cannabis
Nearly 1 year after cannabis legalization, Canadian scientists bemoan long waits for research licenses -
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‘Mystery’ volcano that cooled the ancient world traced to El Salvador
The 539 C.E. eruption triggered crop failure, famine, and disease
