Massive Australian blazes will ‘reframe our understanding of bushfire’
Fire scientist David Bowman discusses the unfolding crisis
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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 -
European data law is impeding studies on diabetes and Alzheimer’s, researchers warn
Researchers share frustrations with GDPR privacy regulations at seminar in Brussels -
A massive experiment in Taiwan aims to reveal landslides’ surprising effect on the climate
Landslides are reactors for chemical weathering that can both draw down and emit carbon -
U.S. Senate panel sees a standard grant application as defense against foreign influence
Report chides agencies for not recognizing aggressive Chinese tactics for acquiring technology -
Violent campus clashes between protesters and police stir fears for Hong Kong universities
Research continues during the confrontations, but long-term effects on student and faculty recruitment are unclear -
Rainy, with a chance of rockfalls: New landslide forecasting system debuts in Rio
Landslide “nowcasts” could give residents of Rio de Janeiro extra time to escape disaster -
NSF unwittingly hired a professor guilty of bullying, highlighting the ‘pass the harasser’ problem
U.S. universities are taking steps to learn more about job candidates without violating privacy -
Ballot initiative takes shape to give California stem cell agency a second life
Sponsor, CIRM board hash out vision for $5.5 billion in new funding -
Move by journals to ‘seamless’ off-campus access raises privacy concerns
Other journals eyeing service debuted this week by Nature -
Here’s a better way to convert dog years to human years, scientists say
New dog age calculator uses DNA changes to estimate how old your dog is in human years -
Top stories: A love-science symbiosis, vitamin-fortified foods, and earthquake-scouting drones
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A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees
Researchers debate whether a tiny worm is to blame -
Podcast: How to make an Arctic ship ‘vanish,’ and how fast-moving spikes are heating the Sun’s atmosphere
On this week’s show: How researchers studying the Arctic contend with contamination from their noisy, smoky, and bright research ship, and how fast-moving spikes on the Sun’s surface may be powering the tremendous heat of the solar atmosphere -
Drones reveal earthquake hazards hidden in the abyss
Low-cost approach enables United States to double scrutiny of seafloor creep in quake zones -
A love of insects and their microbial partners helped this biologist reveal secrets of symbiosis
Nancy Moran has devoted her career to investigating details of how microbes make a home in aphids and now bees -
Alien genes from bacteria helped plants conquer the land
Genomes of simple algae reveal ancestor’s bias toward terrestrial life -
How to erase a ship—Arctic researchers work to eliminate their vessel’s fingerprints
Soot, noise, and light from icebreaker threaten observations -
New polymer-coated vitamins and minerals could fight malnutrition in low-income countries
Encapsulating nutrients protects them from degradation -
See the new Star Wars–like display that could ‘revolutionize’ virtual reality
A new technology offers moving images, sound, and even touch -
Toxic gut bacteria make alcohol-triggered liver disease more deadly
Research team reduced liver disease in mice by killing bacterium with viruses found in sewer -
‘Dragon teeth’ reveal ancient ape’s place in primate family tree
Method of analyzing enamel proteins may also help sort out human ancestry -
How Enceladus got its water-spewing tiger stripes
Study explains how Saturn’s frozen moon cracked up -
Up, pup! Dogs, like humans, associate high-pitched sounds with lofty objects
New study suggests audio-visual links could have deep roots in mammals -
EPA’s ‘secret science’ plan is back, and critics say it’s worse
Proposal would allow U.S. regulators to ignore many health studies
