Europe Launches a Drive To Attract Scientists and Researchers After Trump Freezes US Funding
The European Union launched a drive to attract American scientists and researchers to Europe with offers of grants and new policy plans.
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When RFK Jr. Was Presented With the Science on Vaccines He Said He Needed To See, He Dismissed It
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent insisted to senators that he’s not anti-vaccine. But he repeatedly refused to acknowledge scientific consensus.
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AI Is Having Its Nobel Moment. Do Scientists Need the Tech Industry To Sustain It?
The tech industry has now made it easier for AI scientists to pursue their ideas even as it has challenged them with new ethical questions.
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Astronauts Answer CHCCS Students Questions From Space to Help Promote STEM
Some Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students taped questions and heard live responses from the International Space Station on Wednesday.
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Fight To Curb Food Waste Increasingly Turns to Science
Written by DEE-ANN DURBIN Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help. Restaurants,...
Read MoreNobel Win for Swede Who Unlocked Secrets of Neanderthal DNA
Written by DAVID KEYTON, FRANK JORDANS and LAURA UNGAR Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries on human evolution that provided key insights into our immune system and what makes...
Read MoreDarwin in a Lab: Coral Evolution Tweaked for Global Warming
Written by CALEB JONES On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a vibrant reef. Minutes later, like clockwork, they see eggs and sperm...
Read MoreScientists Hail Golden Age to Trace Bird Migration With Tech
Written by CHRISTINA LARSON A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack. Ecologist Emily Williams watches through...
Read MoreNewer Methods May Boost Gene Therapy’s Use for More Diseases
Written by MARILYNN MARCHIONE Jordan Janz knew his gamble on an experimental gene therapy for his rare disease might be paying off when he returned to work and a friend sniffed him. “He said, ‘you have a normal smell, you smell...
Read MoreNew White House Panel Aims To Separate Science, Politics
Written by SETH BORENSTEIN Eager to the turn the page on the Trump years, the Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with the politicization of science within government and to tighten scientific...
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