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Judge tosses EPA policy that barred agency grantees from serving as science advisers
Agency needs to provide “reasoned explanation” for change, ruling says -
Mission impossible? WHO director fights to prevent a pandemic without offending China
New outbreak comes as Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus struggles to raise more money, thwart Ebola, and fight health misinformation -
National Institutes of Health would see 7% cut in 2021 under White House plan
Tickborne diseases among new priorities -
Trump’s 2021 budget drowns science agencies in red ink, again
White House proposes big cuts to NIH, DOE, NASA and other programs -
World’s largest linguistics database is getting too expensive for some researchers
Funding woes push widely used resource behind a higher paywall -
Major cancer institute sued by its own researchers over ‘tapering’ funding
Gradual drawdown of funds before 2023 closure of branch breaks their contracts, San Diego researchers assert -
Scientists are racing to model the next moves of a coronavirus that’s still hard to predict
The challenge of constructing models to understand and slow the growth of a frightening outbreak -
U.S. attorneys warn of upcoming ‘spike’ in prosecutions related to China ties
Some 1000 investigations in industry and academia now open, FBI says -
Colombian university fires prominent biologist accused of sexual harassment
Long-running controversy had drawn extensive attention -
Top stories: Faster ocean currents, coronavirus DNA, and the largest-ever study of cancer genomes
This week’s top Science news -
This powerful observatory studying the formation of galaxies is getting a massive, $54 million expansion
South Africa and Germany’s Max Planck Society split the bill for 20 new dishes -
Scientists discover virus with no recognizable genes
Another group finds hundreds of new viruses, some of which may play a role in human disease -
Cutting-edge CRISPR gene editing appears safe in three cancer patients
The gravely ill patients received altered versions of their own immune cells in an early test -
Podcast: Fighting cancer with CRISPR, and dating ancient rock art with wasp nests
On this week show: Combining two hot areas of biology—CRISPR and cancer immunotherapy—and using charcoal from wasp nests to date ancient Australian rock paintings -
Company to harvest green hydrogen by igniting oil fires underground
Proton Technologies will target heavy oil deposits but leave carbon trapped underground -
Is this the original board game of death?
Ancient Egyptian senet board may signal shift from mere pastime to a more serious game -
After decades of decline, the U.S. national fusion lab seeks a rebirth
A visionary new leader aims to expand and diversify the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory—and get back to building fusion reactors -
Dead Sea dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds
Find shows traits favored by ancient date farmers -
Mysterious Australian rock art may depict the chaos following rising seas
Gwion dancers were painted as oceans inundated lands and displaced clans -
Global warming is speeding up Earth’s massive ocean currents
Rising winds boost flows in tropics and Southern Ocean -
Massive cancer genome study reveals how DNA errors drive tumor growth
Analysis of 2600 tumors could help match cancer patients to targeted treatments -
Ex-Emory scientist with ties to China charged with fraud
U.S. government says Li Xiao-Jiang was receiving salaries simultaneously from NIH grants and a Chinese institution -
‘This beast is moving very fast.’ Will the new coronavirus be contained—or go pandemic?
Modelers are trying to forecast how the virus will move, but they need better data -
Florida state legislator fears overreaction in probe of foreign research ties
Legislative panel tackles issue after two research institutions go public
