Scientists must rise above politics — and restate their value to society p.153
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The incoming government should respect its predecessor’s research policies, including public-funding increases and an independent national funding agency.
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Tensions are rising as Jair Bolsonaro’s administration questions the work of government scientists and institutes debilitating cuts to research funding.
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Three physicists honoured for theory that has been hugely influential — but might not be a good description of reality.
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Scientists estimate that several hundred geological sites are threatened by the prospect of vandalism or development.
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The University of Alaska’s governing board plans to consolidate campuses to cope with a 40% cut in state funding.
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The experimental vaccine targets more strains of the virus than any other ― and seems to have longer lasting effects.
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Cells compete for survival during development. It emerges that mammalian cells on a path to form a tumour express specific versions of the protein Flower when they vie for survival with surrounding normal cells.
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The ability to fly has been lost in many groups of birds. A comparison of the wing structures and genomes of flighted and non-flighted species of steamer duck highlights a possible mechanism for the loss of flight.
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Stressed yeast cells take up the amino acid lysine and reprogram their metabolism to free up supplies of a stress-relieving molecule. Lysine uptake therefore increases the tolerance of yeast cells to stress.
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Accurate estimates of the biodiversity of soil animals are essential for conservation efforts and to understand the animals’ role in carbon cycles. Such information is now available on a global scale for nematode worms.
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