Shake-up at NIH: Term limits for important positions would open new opportunities for women, minorities
Some lab chiefs’ decadeslong reigns will soon end".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
DRC expands Ebola vaccine campaign as cases mount rapidly
New strategies are deployed to slow spread of the deadly disease and better protect response teams".
This global map of manure could help save farming as we know it
Plotting livestock poop could kick-start smarter phosphorus use".
Most snail shells coil to the right. This single gene may be the reason why
Snails with a mutated version of the gene have shells that coil to the left".
New EU research funding head stresses ‘superdisciplinarity’
Nanomedicine expert Mauro Ferrari talks with Science about dropping out of med school and working with the Vatican".
As gene testing surges, lawsuits aren’t far behind
Experts want clearer laws, regulations as medical standards evolve".
Probing the secrets of the feline mind and how Uber and Lyft may be making traffic worse
On this week’s show: Cats are finally proving their social smarts, and ghost riders help get a gauge on the traffic effects of ride-sharing apps".
Scientists teach computers fear—to make them better drivers
Visceral feedback helps both people and machines make decisions".
Scientists help artificial intelligence outsmart hackers
Artificial intelligence’s vulnerability linked to its unique computer vision".
U.S. House proposes budget increases for energy, environmental research programs
Bills reject deep cuts proposed by White House".
U.S. cancer institute cancels nanotech research centers
Funding for six cancer centers set to expire in summer of 2020".
Nonstick chemicals that stick around and detecting ear infections with smartphones
On this week’s show: Tainted groundwater from nonstick chemicals and using smartphones for ear-infection detection".
Former Los Alamos physicist denies federal charges he lied about China ties
Turab Lookman alleged to have hidden participation in Thousand Talents Program".
New targets for the world’s biggest atom smasher and wood designed to cool buildings
On this week’s show: The Large Hadron Collider could be making particles that physicists haven’t looked for and modified wood that can passively cool buildings".
Grad schools dropping the GRE requirement and AIs play capture the flag
On this week’s show: why some Ph.D. programs are dropping the General Record Examination requirement for applicants and why DeepMind is teaching artificial agents to play a video game from 1999".
MD Anderson clears researcher flagged by NIH for not disclosing foreign ties
No punishment for last of five scientists identified by funding agency".
Watch an elephant ‘count’ simply by using its sense of smell
Asian elephants can discriminate food quantities using only their trunk".
Researchers strapped video cameras on 16 cats and let them do their thing. Here’s what they found
Science chats with the researcher behind a new attempt to record cats when they’re on their own".
The limits on human endurance, and a new type of LED
On this week’s show: Perovskites have made it big in solar and are now poised to enter the light-emitting diode business, and what we can learn about the limits of human endurance from transcontinental racers".
Spotted for the first time: a fish holding its breath underwater
Coffinfish hold water over their gills for up to 4 minutes".