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The acclaimed environmental scientist is annoyed with the eco movement and shunning media—just when we need him most

The world has evolved dramatically in the 50 years since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed in December 1973. Two Ohio State University academics were among a group of experts invited by the journal Science to explore how the ESA has evolved and what its future may hold. Read…

The discovery of stars with their outer layers of hydrogen stripped by companions fills a glaring hole in our understanding of supernovas and binary systems with colliding neutron stars.

In 2004, Hwang Woo-suk was celebrated for his breakthrough discovery creating cloned human embryos, and his work was published in the prestigious journal Science. But the discovery was too good to be true; Dr. Hwang had fabricated the data. Science publicly retracted the article and assembled a team to investigate…

Study key step in demonstrating that molecules can be viable platform for quantum science

In this week’s science newsletter, Arkatapa Basu, writes on Diel Vertical Migration and its role in carbon sequestration?

Katie Hampson's 15-year study of rabies in Tanzania reveals individual dog behaviour plays a key role in its endemic nature. Through contact tracing, brain samples, and modelling, researchers found that rabies spreads locally, with few "super-spreader" dogs, and that vaccination is the only effective way to prevent it. Culling was…

The Hindu’s Science quiz on wellness in the digital age.

The cat family has an amazing array of eye colors stemming from one unusual ancestor.