It's time to focus on the connection between biology and consciousness
Neuroscientists must be willing to develop imperfect descriptions of how we work
Neuroscience
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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How can we responsibly explore the unknown?
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We still don't know all the consequences of gene manipulation
Genome meddling to cure diseases is often worth the risk, but nothing else is just yet
Evolutionary Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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What are the consequences of creating an artificial intelligence?
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My greatest genetic engineering fear: that we'll try to erase our flaws
Deciding what's a flaw is more complicated than it seems
Molecular Biology
Princeton University
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Why I refuse to do animal testing in my science career
Researchers must grapple with the tension between our curiosity and our duty
Comparative Neuroscience
Champalimaud Foundation
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What does it mean to be human when we can engineer our genetic code?
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How 'Frankenstein' unfairly sways the GMO debate
The novel ushered in a concept that actively harms the Global South two centuries later
Genomics
University of Alberta
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What happens when we make the world in our own image?
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Where does consciousness come from?
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Rising seas are threatening historical sites around the world
As climate change encroaches, our heritage is drowning
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Archaeology
New York University
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The most pressing issues in science illuminated by those who know them best: working scientists
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'Orphan drugs' are ascendant. What will that mean for people with rare diseases?
Niche drugs may be good for companies, but that doesn't mean they'll reach sufferers
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Cell Biology
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Trump's wall would harm unique and fragile wildlife on the California border
Plans must include environmental impact studies
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Cardiology
UC San Diego
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Billionaires are rushing into biotech. Inequality is following them into science
'Free-market philanthropy' raises yet more questions about the future of American public research
Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Why is it so hard for scientists to talk about leaving academia?
We should value scientists who transfer their skills
Neuroscience
Northeastern University
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The Graduate Research Fellowship Program favors elite schools – again
The early-career grants, meant to boost diversity, end up perpetuating disparities
Physiology, Marine Biology, and Ecology
Harvard University
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A scientist responds to that 'Science' Instagram essay
Online outreach helps highlight women and people of color in the field
Marine Geology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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What will our climate look like going forward?
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When evolution's path leads to a dead end
The fossil record shows that nature doesn't always make the right choices
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Geology
Government of Greenland
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Rising seas are threatening historical sites around the world
As climate change encroaches, our heritage is drowning
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Archaeology
New York University
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Tracking the history – and future – of the world's largest penguin breeding colony
Climate change is upending migration patterns that predate Cleopatra
Environmental Physiology
McMaster University
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Tree-murdering fungi and insects increasingly contribute to climate change
New research suggests carbon dioxide released from dying forests equals emissions from 11 million cars
Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 peer comment -
How atmospheric dust might help cool the planet
New research suggests an old idea of geoengineering has more merit than long suspected
Oceanography
University of Washington
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'Being Ecological' is a book with admirable aims and a tangled execution
Prioritizing data over action can be counterproductive – but so is a muddled message
Ecology
Wake Forest University
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How farmers on the Great Plains are changing the local climate
New crop practices trap more carbon in the soil, increasing rainfall and adding profits
Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 peer comment
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How to peacefully coexist with potentially dangerous species
Biodiversity keeps rabid vampire bats feeding on their natural prey – not on us
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Neuroscience
University of Washington
