Screening embryos for IQ and other complex traits is premature, study concludes
Study of virtual embryos and real offspring suggests increasingly popular polygenic risk scores are poorly predictive
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Podcast: A worldwide worm survey, and racial bias in a health care algorithm
On this week’s show: Digging into global earthworm populations, detecting bias in an algorithm used to make health care decisions, and a plea for space archaeology -
Hospital ‘risk scores’ prioritize white patients
New study suggests a simple tweak could dramatically reduce racial bias -
Catchy findings have propelled this young ecologist to fame—and enraged his critics
Thomas Crowther’s work with big data has won huge grants and headlines -
How life blossomed after the dinosaurs died
Plants and mammals diversified together, blow-by-blow record shows -
First global map of earthworms reveals which places are chock-full of them—and why
Temperate soils host 30 times as many earthworms as tropical ones -
Fleets of flying telescopes and returning samples from Venus among Europe’s space hopes
Scientists debate themes vying for billion-euro mission slots in Voyage 2050 program -
NIH and Gates Foundation lay out ambitious plan to bring gene-based treatments for HIV and sickle cell disease to Africa
$200 million collaboration aims to launch gene therapy and editing clinical trials within a decade -
New video reveals how flies land upside-down
Study could inspire advanced drones and other flying robots -
New drug forces flu virus into ‘error catastrophe,’ overwhelming it with mutations
Human trials are likely to start next spring -
Some of the universe’s heavier elements are created by neutron star collisions
Study confirms a long-held idea -
Chemicals released by bacteria may help gut control the brain, mouse study suggests
Gut microbes help mice forget their fears -
‘It’s not acceptable.’ Conduct codes aim to curb harassment at scientific field sites
Guides ban gender, racial discrimination and navigate cultural differences -
AI allows paralyzed person to ‘handwrite’ with his mind
Technology could nearly double writing speed for “locked-in” individuals -
Poison used in recent attack on Russian spy may soon be banned
“Novichoks” are set to come under the chemical weapons treaty -
Reanalyzing drug trials in depression, chronic pain aims to unearth new data
Projects will gather raw data and probe whether reports of side effects and efficacy were distorted -
IBM casts doubt on Google’s claims of quantum supremacy
Google researchers say they have achieved milestone with number-generating computation -
300-million-year-old ‘Tully Monster’ may not be the creature scientists thought it was
New analysis overturns previous classification -
Machu Picchu was hit by strong earthquakes during construction
Evidence includes major damage to stonework and a sudden change in building style -
Four new drugs may help fight the growing threat of fatal fungi
Well-stocked pipeline could give doctors new tools against intractable infections -
Deadly typhoon forces Japan to face its vulnerability to increasingly powerful storms
Extreme rains from tropical cyclone Hagibis caused widespread flooding that killed at least 80 -
Alzheimer’s drug resurrected, as company claims clinical benefits
Further analysis of trial data, particularly from people on higher doses of antibody, persuaded Biogen that its drug slows patients’ decline -
U.K. science minister says DARPA-like agency is in the works
Chris Skidmore says blue sky research funder would sit outside UK Research and Innovation -
Trump names seven to revived presidential science advisory panel
White House moves to fill council that flourished under Obama -
NSF shakes up its earthquake research
Agency seeks to compete and streamline management
