Top stories: antivax protests, the war on prediabetes, and a possible cure for lupus
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Men get larger first NIH grants, but is the news all bad for female scientists?
Differences shrink for awards that directly support an investigator’s own research projects -
Podcast: clues that the medieval plague swept into sub-Saharan Africa and evidence humans hunted and butchered giant ground sloths
On this week’s show: how the Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa, and evidence for human involvement in the extinction of megafauna like giant sloths -
The war on ‘prediabetes’ could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine?
A third of Americans are considered prediabetic—but many may be better off without treatment -
Humans are wiping out chimpanzee cultures
Great ape groups living with more human influence show fewer distinct behaviors -
How a ‘landscape of fear’ transformed the ecosystem of this African wildlife park
In a Mozambique park, researchers test how predators can reshape an ecosystem by affecting prey behavior -
New pill shows early promise for blocking many strains of flu
Would-be oral drug protects mice from lethal flu challenges -
Japanese government punts on decision to host the International Linear Collider
Education ministry says it will continue seeking support from Japan’s scientific community -
Disorder left ancient human relative with teeth pocked like golf balls
Pockmarked chompers were surprisingly common in the species -
Rain is melting Greenland’s ice, even in winter, raising fears about sea level rise
Earth’s warming climate is causing clouds to drop rain instead of snow, study says -
This alligatorlike fish sucks—at lightning speeds
High-speed video could reveal how other fish evolved their feeding motions -
A report about Plan S’s potential effects on journals marks a busy week for the open-access movement
Science rounds up recent developments, including a new editor-in-chief at eLife -
Genetically engineered immune cells wipe out lupus in mice
Chimeric antigen receptor–T cell therapy—already approved for some cancers—might help human patients with the autoimmune disorder -
Q&A: New light pollution tracking tool is a physicist’s bright idea
Christopher Kyba wants to enable anyone to easily analyze changes in night light -
U.S. Senate Republicans hold rare climate hearing, and more might be coming
Global warming gets bipartisan recognition from leaders of energy panel -
The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa
New evidence questions the assumption that plague bacterium didn’t cross the Sahara -
How a school of fish is like a rubber band
A simple experiment describes animal swarms as materials -
There’s an arms race going on in this bird nest. Scientists are uncovering how each side fights back
Deadbeat birds duke it out with cuckolded parents -
These falling drops don’t splash—they spin
Unique surface makes water drops do the twist -
A data-driven prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system
An eclectic group of scientists has taken a data-intensive approach to the challenge of building a health care system in Madagascar -
Has a second person with HIV been cured?
“London patient” also has long-term disappearance of virus after stem cell transplant -
Amoebalike creatures form digestive ‘fronts’ to consume their prey
Communal eating may help Placozoa feast faster -
Q&A: Why Iranian conservationists are facing ‘ludicrous’ spying charges
Ecologist David Laylin urges release of eight jailed colleagues -
Vaccine opponents attack U.S. science panel
Meetings of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine committee have become the latest front in a national battle over immunization -
Corn and other important crops can now be gene edited by pollen carrying CRISPR
Syngenta’s new method could transform difficult-to-edit plants
