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Wild Horses Can Handle Hurricanes. What About Climate Change?
Wild Horses Can Handle Hurricanes. What About Climate Change?
Strong winds and heavy rain can sometimes wash the animals out to sea, but shortages of fresh drinking water and food are more worrisome as sea levels rise.
Wild Horses Can Handle Hurricanes. What About Climate Change?
Wild Horses Can Handle Hurricanes. What About Climate Change?

Strong winds and heavy rain can sometimes wash the animals out to sea, but shortages of fresh drinking water and food are more worrisome as sea levels rise.

Strong winds and heavy rain can sometimes wash the animals out to sea, but shortages of fresh drinking water and food are more worrisome as sea levels rise.

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Opinion: Poor Science Contributes to Delhi’s Air Pollution Crisis
Shekhar Chandra | Aug 28, 2018 | 3 min read
The sources of pollution are not known yet because of incomplete data collection.
US Senate Passes Spending Bill Granting NIH $39.1 Billion
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 27, 2018 | 2 min read
Alzheimer’s disease will receive $2.3 billion, the biggest chunk of change devoted to one of the NIH’s various interests.
Thomas Frieden, Former CDC Chief, Arrested on Sexual Abuse Charges
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 24, 2018 | 1 min read
A woman told police in July that Frieden groped her in his Brooklyn apartment in October 2017.
Trump’s Pick for Science Advisor Dodges Climate Change Question
Jef Akst | Aug 24, 2018 | 2 min read
In a hearing with Senators, meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier avoided climate change questions by saying it wasn’t his expertise.
Francis Collins Pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen
Ashley Yeager | Aug 24, 2018 | 1 min read
Duped into an interview with the comedian, the NIH director caught on to the joke and seized it as a teaching opportunity.
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AAAS Insiders Petition to Revoke Honors of Sexual Harassers
Shawna Williams | Aug 24, 2018 | 2 min read
The organization says it’s working on a policy.
Japanese Authorities Recommend Not Regulating Gene Editing
Kerry Grens | Aug 22, 2018 | 1 min read
Unlike judges in the European Union, a government panel in Japan says transgenic modification and genome editing are not the same.
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A Record Year for Measles Cases in Europe
Shawna Williams | Aug 21, 2018 | 1 min read
The WHO reports more than 41,000 cases in the region in the first half of 2018.
Definitive Evidence for Water Ice on the Moon: Study
Ashley Yeager | Aug 21, 2018 | 2 min read
Data from the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft show frost on the lunar north and south poles.
University of Florida Culled 150 Birds to Protect Research Plots
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 20, 2018 | 1 min read
Officials say the birds had eaten crops meant for experiments.
Dartmouth Professor Plagiarized His Colleague, University Says
Jef Akst | Aug 20, 2018 | 2 min read
H. Gilbert Welch, a health policy expert who has advocated against superfluous cancer screening, published another Dartmouth researcher’s work, according to the university administration.
The NIH Loosens Grip on Gene Therapy Trials
Kerry Grens | Aug 16, 2018 | 2 min read
The agency proposes ceding its scrutiny of these studies to the FDA.
Reorganization of USDA Research Offices Concerns Scientists
Ashley Yeager | Aug 16, 2018 | 2 min read
The plan would move two scientific branches out of Washington, DC, by 2019.
US EPA’s Chemical Assessment Guide Creates Contention
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 16, 2018 | 2 min read
Scientists and advocacy groups criticize new guidelines that could exclude some academic studies during toxicity reviews.
USDA Unveils New Gene-Stacking Tool to Prevent Plant Diseases
Anne N. Connor | Aug 14, 2018 | 4 min read
The European Union says no thanks.
Jury Finds Monsanto’s Roundup Responsible for Man’s Cancer
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 13, 2018 | 2 min read
A San Francisco court levels $289 Million in damages against the pesticide maker.
Salk Institute Settles Two Gender Discrimination Suits
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 8, 2018 | 2 min read
A third case against the biomedical institute will be heard in court.
Wild Cat Conservationist Alan Rabinowitz Dies
Ashley Yeager | Aug 8, 2018 | 3 min read
The “Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection” helped established nature preserves around the world.
Former Congresswoman, HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler Dies
Catherine Offord | Aug 7, 2018 | 1 min read
Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Heckler led the agency from 1983 to 1985, and helped promote research into AIDS.
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