Spotted for the first time: a fish holding its breath underwater
Coffinfish hold water over their gills for up to 4 minutes
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Podcast: The limits on human endurance, and a new type of LED
On this week’s show: Perovskites have made it big in solar and are now poised to enter the light-emitting diode business, and what we can learn about the limits of human endurance from transcontinental racers -
$180 million DNA ‘barcode’ project aims to discover 2 million new species
As massive global effort launches, portable DNA sequencers also allow species identification in the field -
Ancient molecules reveal surprising details on origins of ‘bizarre’ sloths
Analysis of fossil molecules suggest creatures may have journeyed across ancient land bridge -
Powerful U.S. senator calls for vetting NIH grantees at hearing on foreign influences
Panel debates impact on science of adding restrictions to international collaboration -
Talk to the hand. Scientists try to debunk idea that finger length can reveal personality and health
More than 1400 studies rely on a ratio that many researchers think is meaningless -
Medical preprint server debuts
Hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, The BMJ, and Yale University, medRxiv will invite clinical researchers to share unreviewed manuscripts -
Trump administration restricts fetal tissue research
National Institutes of Health staff projects killed, future university studies will get new ethics review -
Study of marathon runners reveals a ‘hard limit’ on human endurance
Pregnancy is as metabolically taxing as an ultramarathon -
Closest-known ancestor of today’s Native Americans found in Siberia
Study traces complex migrations tens of thousands of years ago -
Mass rodent poisoning on this remote Australian island could bring back giant stick insect
"Landmark" Lord Howe Island project alarms some residents but will likely save local fauna -
Exotic particles called pentaquarks may be less weird than previously thought
Presumed "bags of quarks" may actually be more like atomic nuclei -
The transparent teeth of this dragonfish evolved for one lethal purpose
Tiny nanocrystals stop the chompers from reflecting any light -
Updated: Chronic fatigue syndrome scientist fired after conduct complaints, Stanford says
School of Medicine won’t specify why it fired Jose Montoya -
LEDs created from wonder material could revolutionize lighting and displays
Perovskites could one day replace the organic LEDs in cellphones and flat screen TVs -
Update: House spending panel restores U.S. ban on gene-edited babies
Spending panel had earlier dropped ban, which had been in place for 4 years -
Controversial U.S. bill would lift Supreme Court ban on patenting human genes
Backers say changes needed to spur innovation, but critics disagree -
Watch an elephant ‘count’ simply by using its sense of smell
Asian elephants can discriminate food quantities using only their trunk -
Update: In reversal, science publisher IEEE drops ban on using Huawei scientists as reviewers
Ban had been prompted by U.S. trade sanctions against Chinese company -
Networks of sponges could capture DNA to track ocean health
Humble sponge could one day be a DNA-snaring machine -
National Academy of Sciences to allow expulsion of harassers
Gray-haired, heavily male membership votes in historic bylaw change permitting members to be ousted for misconduct -
NASA selects three companies to lead its robotic return to moon
Small commercial landings could occur as soon as next year -
Health experts wary of EPA rush to revise carcinogen testing
Agency seeking to quickly revise rules for key risk studies -
Top stories: Mice with autismlike behavior, our violent sun, and the roots of lactose tolerance
This week’s top Science news -
Group devoted to combating sexual harassment in science is in turmoil as leaders exit
Buzzfeed article reveals resignations, disaffection with founder BethAnn McLaughlin
