Gene-edited animals face US regulatory crackdown
Jan 18, 2017, 7:00 pm By Amy Maxmen
Last-minute proposal from Obama administration addresses CRISPR and other cutting-edge technologies.…Perry promises to protect ‘all of the science’ at the US energy department
Jan 18, 2017, 7:00 pm By Jeff Tollefson
Trump's nominee for energy secretary says that he will base decisions on 'sound science'. Nature…NIH director Francis Collins staying on — for now
Jan 18, 2017, 7:00 pm By Sara Reardon
President-elect Donald Trump's team has asked Collins to remain in his job for an unknown period.…India’s first GM food crop held up by lawsuit
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Sanjay Kumar
Scientists accused of deceiving the public about benefits of transgenic mustard. Nature 541 267 doi:…Space-weather forecast to improve with European satellite
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Elizabeth GibneyProbe could give early warnings of catastrophic solar storms heading for Earth. Nature 541 271 doi:…Controversial website that lists ‘predatory’ publishers shuts down
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Andrew Silver
Librarian Jeffrey Beall won’t say why he has unpublished his widely read blog. Nature News doi:…Live updates: Trump nominees talk science
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Jeff Tollefson
President-elect's picks to lead environment and health departments testify before Congress. Nature…The $2.4-billion plan to steal a rock from Mars
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Alexandra Witze
NASA is now building the rover that it hopes will bring back signs of life on the red planet. Nature…Do you speak virus? Phages caught sending chemical messages
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Ewen Callaway
A virus that infects bacteria listens to messages from its relatives when deciding how to attack its…Controversial patient-consent proposal left out of research-ethics reforms
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Sara Reardon
US agency releases finalized 'Common Rule', which govern human-subjects research. Nature News doi:…Billion-dollar project aims to prep vaccines before epidemics hit
Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 pm By Declan Butler
Massive effort plans to stockpile vaccines against future outbreaks. Nature News doi:…Croatia’s science minister rejects calls to resign amid plagiarism scandal
Jan 16, 2017, 7:00 pm By Mićo Tatalović
Pavo Barišić says he won't step down after a parliamentary ethics committee found he copied…Give the public the tools to trust scientists
Jan 16, 2017, 7:00 pm By Anita Makri
Anita Makri argues that the form of science communicated in popular media leaves the public…How the panda’s ‘thumb’ evolved twice
Jan 15, 2017, 7:00 pm By Jane QiuTwo species of distantly related panda may have adapted to a bamboo-centric diet in similar genetic…Surprising contenders emerge for Trump's NIH chief
Jan 12, 2017, 7:00 pm By Sara Reardon
Reproducibility guru, former defence-research official and controversial entrepreneur rumoured to be…Gates Foundation research can’t be published in top journals
Jan 12, 2017, 7:00 pm By Richard Van Noorden
Publications such as Nature and Science have policies that clash with the global health charity's…Sat-nav neurons tell bats where to go
Jan 11, 2017, 7:00 pm By Alison Abbott
Long-hypothesized brain cells give bats their distance and angle to a location. Nature News doi:…Five big mysteries about CRISPR’s origins
Jan 11, 2017, 7:00 pm By Heidi Ledford
Where did it come from? How do organisms use it without self-destructing? And what else can it do?…Lasers activate killer instinct in mice
Jan 11, 2017, 7:00 pm By Erin Ross
Stimulating certain areas of the animals’ brains can trigger predatory behaviours including biting…Prion-like protein spotted in bacteria for the first time
Jan 11, 2017, 7:00 pm By Charles Q. Choi
Until now, prions were only seen in the cells of eukaryotic organisms such as plants and animals.…
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