U.S. Defense Agencies Grapple with Gene Drives
The technology can quickly spread genetic modifications
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Overlooked Water Loss in Plants Could Throw Off Climate Models
Errors could cause researchers to overestimate the rate of photosynthesis when water is scarce
Scientists in Limbo as U.S. Supreme Court Allows Modified Travel Ban
Justices overturn lower court rulings on policy targeting people from six majority-Muslim countries
Searching for Signs of the Next Catastrophic Quake
Geophysicists are ramping up their efforts to monitor major undersea faults for movement with sea-floor sensors
Fetal Immune System Active by Second Trimester
New understanding may help reveal some causes of miscarriage
Resistance to Last-Ditch Antibiotic Has Spread Farther Than Anticipated
Emergence of colistin resistance in farm animals around the world takes researchers by surprise
Bats Are Global Reservoir for Deadly Coronaviruses
Finding could help researchers to better predict where these viruses are likely to make the jump from animals to people
Shining a Light on the Dark Corners of the Web
Cybercrime researcher Gianluca Stringhini explains how he studies hate speech and fake news on the underground network 4chan
The Mathematicians Who Want to Save Democracy
With algorithms in hand, scientists try to make U.S. elections more representative
How Scientists Reacted to the U.S. Leaving the Paris Climate Agreement
What the U.S.'s departure from the historic pact means for efforts to fight global warming
Biodiversity Is More Than Just Counting Species
Ecologists are increasingly looking at how richness of traits — rather than number of species — helps set the health of ecosystems
Juno Reveals Jupiter's Deep Secrets
Plumes of ammonia and quirky magnetic fields are among the surprises from the spacecraft’s first science results
China Expands DNA Data Grab in Troubled Western Region
Alarms raised over suspected efforts to collect massive numbers of genetic samples from citizens
Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programs across Government
Cuts include 18 percent at the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency
Trees in Eastern U.S. Head West as Climate Changes
Breaking from the general poleward movement of many species, flowering trees take an unexpected turn
Geneticists Enlist Engineered Virus and CRISPR to Battle Citrus Disease
Desperate farmers hope scientists can beat pathogen that is wrecking the US orange harvest
Revamped "Anti-Science" Education Bills in U.S. Find Success
Legislation urges educators to "teach the controversy" and allows citizens to challenge curricula
Fossil of Oldest-Known Baleen Whale Relative Unearthed in Peru
Skeleton from South America enables paleontologists to piece together the puzzle of baleen whale evolution
Former U.S. Mental Health Chief Leaves Google
Tom Insel will launch his own company to analyze behavior and mental illness using smartphone data
Ghana Telescope Heralds First Pan-African Array
By converting a defunct communications dish, astronomers are breaking ground on Earth and beyond
