Yellow fever threat is ‘serious’ but not an ‘emergency,’ WHO says
Spread has slowed and vaccine crisis has abated
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After a prominent gene-testing firm declined to give patients their complete data, ACLU filed a legal complaint
Myriad Genetics says it is complying with new federal rule -
As U.S. moves to cut greenhouse emissions from farms, new study finds big global challenge
New technologies will be needed to cut agricultural emissions -
House panel would block NSF from building two new ships
Agency disputes charge that fleet has excess capacity as rationale behind spending cut -
New U.S. overtime rules will bump up postdoc pay, but could hurt research budgets
Community worried about disruption and possible loss of jobs -
In Brazil, a plague of rats signals what may come in a more urban world
As more people crowd into urban slums, the risks posed by rodent-borne diseases are on the rise -
Use our infographics to explore the rise of the urban planet
Rapid urbanization is overtaxing our planet, but it may not have to -
Video: Flylike robot uses static electricity to stick to ceilings
Power-saving perching could help get it out of the lab -
Why ‘three-parent embryo’ procedure could fail
Harmful DNA mutations may persist in cutting-edge IVF technique -
Five genes that give your nose its shape
DNA controls nose and chin features -
Long-awaited report outlines how to fight antimicrobial resistance—and how to pay for it
Proposals include levy on pharmaceutical companies to fund research and incentives -
U.S. research groups going to war again over small business funding
Academic and entrepreneurial communities battle over bills to boost the research set-aside for SBIR -
A new way to make powerful antibiotics
Divide-and-conquer chemistry yields hundreds of candidate medicines -
Studies that intentionally infect people with disease-causing bugs are on the rise
Scientists say these “challenge” experiments save time, money, and lives -
Sunflowers show complex Fibonacci sequences
Crowdsourced data finds patterns more complicated than ever reported -
Gruesome ‘wedding gifts’ keep male spiders from being eaten
Study delves into why males present females with dead flies -
'Brexit' would hit U.K. research hard, report says
European funding has made up for a shortfall in U.K. science spending -
Humans are still evolving—and we can watch it happen
Analyses of thousands of sequenced genomes show changes in as little as a generation -
Frozen Scythian stallions unravel mysteries of horse domestication
Early horses were not inbred from a few stallions as thought -
Medical complications cut Everest research expedition short
Climber’s unusual condition provides a clue, and more questions -
Once again, U.S. expert panel says genetically engineered crops are safe to eat
National Academies report comes amidst debate on regulation of gene editing -
Giraffe genome reveals clues to sky-scraping height
Unique genetics related to heart and bone growth may explain creature’s soaring stature -
Roman plumbing wrote a record of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption
Lead pipes left their mark on harbor sediments -
Video: How spiderwebs stay tense
New study shows spider silk behaves as both a liquid and a solid -
Your call and text records are far more revealing than you think
Study of phone metadata suggests snoopers can learn a lot
