Was cancer scientist fired for challenging lab chief over authorship?
Rutgers University researcher denies claims that she violated animal care policies".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
Europe gives space programs a big boost
Budget increases pave the way for next generation of Earth-observing Sentinel satellites".
Building a landslide observatory, and the universality of music
On this week’s show: A landslide laboratory in a national park in Taiwan, and a database of songs from around the world".
Trump nominee to lead NOAA withdraws, citing medical issues
Nomination of Barry Myers had languished in Senate".
Double dipping in an NIH loan repayment program, and using undersea cables as seismic sensors
On this week’s show: An investigation into the National Institutes of Health’s largest school debt repayment program and turning telecommunication cables into earthquake detectors".
This dizzying labyrinth will host next year’s party for math’s ‘Nobel’ prize
New maze mimics mathematical patterns in nature and the ancient world".
‘Remarkable’ fossil features an insect trapped in amber, stuck to a dinosaur jaw
Rare find is the first of its kind in North America".
Watch archaeologists reflect on unearthing the lives of enslaved Africans
Excavations on St. Croix fill in history’s blanks".
Some of the universe’s heavier elements are created by neutron star collisions
Study confirms a long-held idea".
Chemical spills put Italy’s underground physics lab in jeopardy
Prosecutors charge Gran Sasso chiefs over water safety".
A massive experiment in Taiwan aims to reveal landslides’ surprising effect on the climate
Landslides are reactors for chemical weathering that can both draw down and emit carbon".
The average person can recognize 5000 faces
Scientists estimate most people have a “facial vocabulary” of 1000 to 10,000".
European data law is impeding studies on diabetes and Alzheimer’s, researchers warn
Researchers share frustrations with GDPR privacy regulations at seminar in Brussels".
Bangladesh could be the first to cultivate Golden Rice, genetically altered to fight blindness
Approval expected for the rice, long a flashpoint in debates over GM crops".
Massive Australian blazes will ‘reframe our understanding of bushfire’
Fire scientist David Bowman discusses the unfolding crisis".
Trump plan to push seafloor mapping wins warm reception
White House orders agencies to come up with plan to accelerate efforts".
Ultrasensitive protein method lets scientists ID someone from a single strand of hair
Heavily shedding criminals, beware".
Top stories: A new kind of hair ‘ID,’ healing broken bird wings, and double dipping NIH researchers
This week’s top Science news".
‘Humongous fungus’ is almost as big as the Mall of America
Michigan’s Armillaria has remained genetically stable for nearly 2500 years".