A massive experiment in Taiwan aims to reveal landslides’ surprising effect on the climate
Landslides are reactors for chemical weathering that can both draw down and emit carbon".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
The average person can recognize 5000 faces
Scientists estimate most people have a “facial vocabulary” of 1000 to 10,000".
European data law is impeding studies on diabetes and Alzheimer’s, researchers warn
Researchers share frustrations with GDPR privacy regulations at seminar in Brussels".
Bangladesh could be the first to cultivate Golden Rice, genetically altered to fight blindness
Approval expected for the rice, long a flashpoint in debates over GM crops".
Massive Australian blazes will ‘reframe our understanding of bushfire’
Fire scientist David Bowman discusses the unfolding crisis".
Trump plan to push seafloor mapping wins warm reception
White House orders agencies to come up with plan to accelerate efforts".
Ultrasensitive protein method lets scientists ID someone from a single strand of hair
Heavily shedding criminals, beware".
Top stories: A new kind of hair ‘ID,’ healing broken bird wings, and double dipping NIH researchers
This week’s top Science news".
‘Humongous fungus’ is almost as big as the Mall of America
Michigan’s Armillaria has remained genetically stable for nearly 2500 years".
