News from Science: Weekly Headlines

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Brought to you by Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation Now accepting entries for the US $25,000 Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation Deadline: March 15, 2020 http://www.sciencemag.org/prizes/pins Weekly News and Headlines After criticism, federal officials to revisit policy for reviewing risky virus experiments By Jocelyn Kaiser | Fri, 24 Jan 2020 Industry says voluntary plan to curb antibiotic pollution is working, but critics want regulation By Natasha Gilbert | Fri, 24 Jan 2020 Top stories: A push to build affordable electron microscopes, coronavirus is not a global emergency yet, and the voice of an ancient mummy By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Fri, 24 Jan 2020 Watch how scientists are attempting to replace the ubiquitous chemical BPA in food and drink cans By Nguyen Nguyen | Fri, 24 Jan 2020 Doomsday Clock is reset to 100 seconds until midnight, closest ever By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 WHO says no need—yet—to declare spread of novel virus is an international emergency By Jon Cohen | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 NASA infrared telescope says goodbye after 16-year run By Daniel Clery | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 To replace controversial plastic additive BPA, a chemical company teams up with unlikely allies By Warren Cornwall | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 This shiny beetle case is a surprising form of camouflage By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 The dead speak! Scientists re-create voice of 3000-year-old mummy By Erin Malsbury | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 Tiny organs grown from snake glands produce real venom By Erin Malsbury | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 U.S. geoengineering research gets a lift with $4 million from Congress By John Fialka, E&E News | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 ‘We need a people’s cryo-EM.’ Scientists hope to bring revolutionary microscope to the masses By Eric Hand | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 Studies reveal gruesome last moments of Pompeii volcano’s victims By Colin Barras | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 WHO panel puts off decision on whether to sound alarm on rapid spread of new virus By Jon Cohen | Wed, 22 Jan 2020 WHO warning on vaping draws harsh response from U.K. researchers By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel | Wed, 22 Jan 2020 The microbes in your gut could predict whether you’re likely to die in the next 15 years By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Wed, 22 Jan 2020 Genetic modification could protect soldiers from chemical weapons By Jocelyn Kaiser | Wed, 22 Jan 2020 DNA from child burials reveals ‘profoundly different’ human landscape in ancient Africa By Ann Gibbons | Wed, 22 Jan 2020 Cataclysmic bashing from giant planets occurred early in our Solar System’s history By Paul Voosen | Tue, 21 Jan 2020 What does traditional music around the world have in common? By Meagan Cantwell | Tue, 21 Jan 2020 Arrival of new SARS-like virus in U.S. heightens concerns about global spread By Dennis Normile | Tue, 21 Jan 2020 New signs of a shielding magnetic field found in Earth’s oldest rock crystals By Colin Barras | Mon, 20 Jan 2020 China reports more than 200 infections with new coronavirus from Wuhan By Dennis Normile | Mon, 20 Jan 2020 Campus attacks by nationalists and police alarm India’s scientific community By Sanjay Kumar | Mon, 20 Jan 2020 Moffitt Cancer Center details links of fired scientists to Chinese talent programs By Jeffrey Mervis | Sun, 19 Jan 2020 United Kingdom to embark on ‘agricultural revolution’ in break from EU farm subsidies By Erik Stokstad | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Scientists find way to make diphtheria treatment without injecting horses with toxin By Kai Kupferschmidt | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 U.S. appeals court tosses children’s climate lawsuit By Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Deciphering a cancer treatment’s dark side By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Senate bill would boost spending on Trump administration’s research priorities By Jeffrey Mervis | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Top stories: How a tree lives so long, wolf puppies playing fetch, and a giant telescope’s uncertain future By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Journals Science Science Advances Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine Science Immunology Science Robotics Useful links Home Journals Topics Careers Help Access & subscriptions Reprints & permissions Contact us

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