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We Need More Diversity in Genomic Databases  

A heavy skew toward white people makes precision medicine imprecise

Hating Daylight Savings in 1919; Plans for the Panama Canal in 1869

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

“Outrageous” Objects and Other Adventures in Science

Don’t Let Robots Pull the Trigger

Weapons that kill enemies on their own threaten civilians and soldiers alike

Leave No House Behind in Flood Buyout Programs, Group Says

Buyouts in flood-prone areas should be more proactive and target homes near environmental assets like streams

Don't You Dare Call It Meat

The M-word applied to plant-based substitutes is making people who produce the real thing very nervous

My Patient Was Suicidal, and His Stepfather Wouldn't Remove the Family Gun Collection

How can we do better?

Skeptics Are Being Recruited for an "Adversarial" Review of Climate Science

A proposed presidential committee would scrutinize research showing climate change is a national security risk

How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm

The growing gulf between rich and poor inflicts biological damage on bodies and brains

Scientists Must Speak Up for the Green New Deal

The resolution’s focus on climate and social justice highlights the central challenges—and opportunities—of our time

California Threatens to Sue over Car Emissions Standards

Negotiations with the Trump administration around fuel-efficiency requirements broke down this week

Scientists Need to Talk to the Public

And plenty of resources are available to help them learn how to do it well

Vaccine Rejection: Truth and Consequences

Kent State epidemiologist Tara Smith talks about vaccines, recent preventable measles outbreaks and her 2017 journal article on vaccine rejection.

Border Wall Could Sap Military Funding for Climate Adaptation

Under the emergency declaration, some money to build the wall will come from a military construction account

FEMA’s Panel of Flood Experts Unable to Meet as Losses Mount

A key report on needed improvements to flood maps has been stalled since September

Electronic Contracts and the Illusion of Consent

The ubiquitous "click-to-agree" mechanism presses people to act like machines

Neutron Stars and Other “Outrageous” Objects and Adventures in Science

Teach Science Process over Findings

Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out.

Where Climate Change Fits into Venezuela’s Ongoing Crisis

A severe and persistent drought has led to rationing of water and electricity from hydropower