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Grad student unions dealt blow as proposed new rule says students aren’t ‘employees’ By Katie Langin | Fri, 20 Sep 2019 Top stories: Volcanic sunsets, a world without oil, and how our hearts evolved for endurance By Eva Frederick | Fri, 20 Sep 2019 What kind of researcher did sex offender Jeffrey Epstein like to fund? He told Science before he died By Jeffrey Mervis | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 EPA signals retreat from controversial ‘secret science’ rule By Sean Reilly, E&E News | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Kashmir’s communication blackout is a ‘devastating blow’ for academics, researchers say By Sanjay Kumar | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Three billion North American birds have vanished since 1970, surveys show By Elizabeth Pennisi | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Microbe that got man drunk could help explain common liver disease By Jon Cohen | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Ancient DNA puts a face on the mysterious Denisovans, extinct cousins of Neanderthals By Michael Price | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Can the world make the chemicals it needs without oil? By Robert F. Service | Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Watch a robot made of robots move around By Eva Frederick | Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Wilderness areas halve the risk of extinction for plants and animals By Richard A. Lovett | Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Veil of dust from ancient asteroid breakup may have cooled Earth By Joshua Sokol | Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Artificial intelligence could predict El Niño up to 18 months in advance By Warren Cornwall | Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Senate bill would give NIH $3 billion in 2020, or 7.7% boost By Jocelyn Kaiser | Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Rock-munching sea urchins have self-sharpening teeth By Eva Frederick | Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Study on DNA spread by genetically modified mosquitoes prompts backlash By Kelly Servick | Tue, 17 Sep 2019 A new sickle cell drug could soon get U.S. approval. But does it work? By Meredith Wadman | Tue, 17 Sep 2019 Is ‘The Blob’ back? New marine heat wave threatens Pacific By Warren Cornwall | Tue, 17 Sep 2019 New deals could help scientific societies survive open access By Jeffrey Brainard | Mon, 16 Sep 2019 Congo arrests former health minister for alleged misuse of Ebola funds By Jon Cohen | Mon, 16 Sep 2019 Massive, blimplike experiment lowers weight limit on neutrino By Adrian Cho | Mon, 16 Sep 2019 Running—or sitting—can change the shape of your heart By Eva Frederick | Mon, 16 Sep 2019 Why the U.S. Census Bureau could have trouble complying with Trump’s order to count citizens By Jeffrey Mervis | Mon, 16 Sep 2019 First peanut allergy treatment gains backing from FDA advisory panel By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel | Fri, 13 Sep 2019 Top stories: Mountain-moving climate change, an oxygen-starved city, and rats playing hide-and-seek By Eva Frederick | Fri, 13 Sep 2019 Black hole reverberations suggest the cosmic beasts are as ‘bald’ as cue balls By Adrian Cho | Fri, 13 Sep 2019 This sulfur-spewing Russian volcano is turning sunsets purple By Alex Fox | Fri, 13 Sep 2019

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