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May 15, 2017, 8:00 pm By Elizabeth GriffinIf we don’t act soon to preserve past records, invaluable knowledge will be lost, warns Elizabeth…Geneticists enlist engineered virus and CRISPR to battle citrus disease
May 15, 2017, 8:00 pm By Heidi LedfordDesperate farmers hope scientists can beat pathogen that is wrecking the US orange harvest. Nature…Trump officials act to tilt federal science boards toward industry
May 15, 2017, 8:00 pm By John McQuaid
Critics say that changes to advisory groups at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of…Beads made from meteorite reveal prehistoric culture's reach
May 14, 2017, 8:00 pm By Traci WatsonObjects unearthed at Native American burial site are remnants of an ancient space rock. Nature News…Arctic nations strike down research roadblocks
May 11, 2017, 8:00 pm By Hannah HoagBinding pact aims to ease access to field sites and shipment of samples across national borders.…Revamped 'anti-science' education bills in United States find success
May 11, 2017, 8:00 pm By Erin RossLegislation urges educators to ‘teach the controversy’ and allows citizens to challenge…Ebola vaccine could get first real-world test in emerging outbreak
May 11, 2017, 8:00 pm By Amy MaxmenThe Democratic Republic of Congo has reported nine suspected cases of infection in recent weeks.…Fossil of oldest known baleen-whale relative unearthed in Peru
May 10, 2017, 8:00 pm By Sarah McQuateSkeleton from South America enables palaeontologists to piece together the puzzle of baleen-whale…Cells that trim brain connections are linked to autism
May 10, 2017, 8:00 pm By Amy MaxmenA difference in brain biology between the sexes might render males most vulnerable to autism. Nature…China cracks down on fake data in drug trials
May 10, 2017, 8:00 pm By David CyranoskiResearchers and manufacturers face possible jail time — or execution — for fraudulent…Century-old tumours offer rare cancer clues
May 9, 2017, 8:00 pm By Heidi LedfordDNA sequences from 100-year-old tumour samples could bolster childhood cancer research. Nature News…How dingoes could be shaping Australia’s landscape
May 9, 2017, 8:00 pm By Emma MarrisNew study informs a long-standing debate about how predators shape ecosystems. Nature News doi:…The secret war against counterfeit science
May 9, 2017, 8:00 pm By David CyranoskiChina has a lucrative market for fake research reagents. Some scientists are fighting back. Nature…Science publishers try new tack to combat unauthorized paper sharing
May 9, 2017, 8:00 pm By Quirin SchiermeierRise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles.…DIY gene engineering, an attack on Darwinism and a probe into Nazi science.
May 9, 2017, 8:00 pm By NatureThe week in science: 5–11 May 2017. Nature 545 138 doi: 10.1038/545138aScience struggles on in my ravaged country
May 8, 2017, 8:00 pm By Benjamin Scharifker
Venezuela’s researchers strive to work amid the breakdown of democracy, often without water or…Satellite images reveal gaps in global population data
May 8, 2017, 8:00 pm By Jeff Tollefson
Algorithms help to produce precise maps of where people in developing countries live and work.…Ghana telescope heralds first pan-African array
May 8, 2017, 8:00 pm By Sarah Wild
By converting a defunct communications dish, astronomers are breaking ground on Earth and beyond.…Small-brained early human lived more recently than expected
May 8, 2017, 8:00 pm By Sarah WildHomo naledi fossils are dated to a few hundred thousand years ago, and may have overlapped with Homo…Scientists relieved by Emmanuel Macron’s French election victory
May 7, 2017, 8:00 pm By Declan Butler
France's next president has vowed to ring-fence research budgets and boost innovation. Nature News…
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