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Top stories: manta ray ‘friendships,’ preventing suicide, and a hidden hotbed of Zika

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Geography of loss—a global look at the uneven toll of suicide

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Bill to fight sexual harassment in universities approved by Chilean Senate

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Scientists say sustainable forestry organizations should lift ban on biotech trees

By Erik StokstadAug. 23, 2019
Top stories: manta ray ‘friendships,’ preventing suicide, and a hidden hotbed of Zika

By Eva FrederickAug. 23, 2019
Geography of loss—a global look at the uneven toll of suicide

By Meagan Weiland, Nirja DesaiAug. 23, 2019
Bill to fight sexual harassment in universities approved by Chilean Senate

By Lindzi WesselAug. 22, 2019
‘Dark pools’ of hate flourish online. Here are four controversial ways to fight them

By Eva FrederickAug. 22, 2019
Podcast: Promising approaches in suicide prevention, and how to retreat from climate change

By Meagan Cantwell, Greg MillerAug. 22, 2019
More than 700 German research institutions strike open-access deal with Springer Nature

By Gretchen VogelAug. 22, 2019
Infected travelers reveal Cuba’s ‘hidden’ Zika outbreak

By Jon CohenAug. 22, 2019
Three suicide prevention strategies show real promise. How can they reach more people?

By Greg MillerAug. 22, 2019

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Vol 365, Issue 6455
23 August 2019

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Arctic researchers prepare to go with the floes

By Eli KintischAug. 23, 2019
Canadian cannabis research hits licensing logjam

By Meredith WadmanAug. 23, 2019
Codemakers find algorithms immune to quantum hacks

By Adrian ChoAug. 23, 2019
Financial crisis looms at Brazilian science agency

By Emiliano Rodríguez MegaAug. 23, 2019
Italian ministry aids animal rights groups

By Alison AbbottAug. 23, 2019
Salmon-smeared notebooks reveal fisheries past bounty

By Lesley Evans OgdenAug. 23, 2019

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Special issue: Unraveling suicide

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelAug. 23, 2019
Reading an anguished brain

By Emily UnderwoodAug. 23, 2019
Warning signs

By Kelly ServickAug. 23, 2019

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Scientists say sustainable forestry organizations should lift ban on biotech trees

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Bill to fight sexual harassment in universities approved by Chilean Senate

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More than 700 German research institutions strike open-access deal with Springer Nature

By Gretchen VogelAug. 22, 2019
Climate facts subject to rules on partisan advertising in Canada

By Brian OwensAug. 20, 2019
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By Kelly ServickAug. 20, 2019

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