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Private research funders court controversy with billions in secretive investments

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Guns kill more U.S. kids than cancer. This emergency physician aims to prevent those firearm deaths

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One dead, three severely injured after explosion at Indian shock wave lab

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Private research funders court controversy with billions in secretive investments

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Google’s DeepMind aces protein folding

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The finalists are in: Vote for the 2018 People’s Choice for Breakthrough of the Year!

By Science News StaffDec. 6, 2018
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Vol 362, Issue 6419
7 December 2018

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

What now for human genome editing?

By Jon CohenDec. 7, 2018
For China, a CRISPR first goes too far

By Dennis NormileDec. 7, 2018
Uncertainty boosts Brexit jitters for U.K. scientists

By Erik StokstadDec. 7, 2018
Universal flu vaccine is ‘an alchemist's dream’

By Jon CohenDec. 7, 2018
Demotion dismays researchers at storied Danish museum

By Gretchen VogelDec. 7, 2018

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Trump administration has quietly barred NIH scientists from acquiring fetal tissue

By Meredith WadmanDec. 7, 2018
Despite growing budget, U.S. cancer institute slashes operating budget by 5%

By Jocelyn KaiserDec. 7, 2018
Panel investigating bullying, harassment at UNAIDS finds ‘boy’s club,’ calls for firing of head

By Jon CohenDec. 7, 2018
In advance, satellites reveal hidden hot spots of ammonia pollution

By Erik StokstadDec. 6, 2018
One dead, three severely injured after explosion at Indian shock wave lab

By Pallava BaglaDec. 6, 2018

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