Mars Rover Detects "Excitingly Huge" Methane Spike
NASA’s Curiosity rover reports the highest-ever reading of the gas at the planet’s surface
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Trump Administration Relaxes Emissions Limits on Power Plants
A new rule for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows states to set their own limits on carbon-emission levels
China Reveals Scientific Experiments for Next Space Station
Projects will probe topics including DNA mutation, fire behaviour and the birth of stars
New Space Telescope Will Map the Universe in High-Energy X-rays
A German-Russian mission called SRG will detect millions of supermassive black holes, many new to science, and hundreds of thousands of stars
Big Changes Needed to Fight Harassment, Group Tells US Biomedical Agency
Advisory panel says US National Institutes of Health should treat sexual harassment more seriously and do more to help affected researchers
Venus, Earth's Evil Twin, Beckons Space Agencies
Once a water-rich Eden, the hellish planet could reveal how to find habitable worlds around distant stars
Russian Biologist Plans More CRISPR-Edited Babies
The proposal follows a Chinese scientist who claimed to have created twins from edited embryos last year
Trump Administration Halts Fetal-Tissue Research by Government Scientists
Policy also requires ethics review for any grant applications to the National Institutes of Health that involve fetal tissue
CERN's Next Big Thing
After 10 years in operation, the largest particle accelerator in the world is undergoing major upgrades, and researchers are throwing their effort behind new future technologies
What Are the Biological Consequences of Homelessness?
Understanding why living on the street seems to cause rapid aging could help homeless people—and governments
