Q&A: Ron Vale, new chief of Janelia Research Campus, on why 15 years is a good research time frame
Cell biologist takes helm of Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s research center early next year".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
White House recruits researchers for ‘adversarial’ climate science review
Emerging plan calls for ad hoc group to operate out of public view".
Researchers hung men on a cross and added blood in bid to prove Turin Shroud is real
Latest attempt to authenticate cloth—which dating tests have confirmed is a medieval fake—to be presented at forensic meeting".
How secret, late-night experiments transformed two scientists into master cartoonists
Matteo Farinella and Jason McDermott explain how other scientists can unleash their inner artists".
Top stories: The origins of Stonehenge, a #MeTooSTEM leader, and a new crater under Greenland’s ice
This week’s top Science news".
Major medical journals don’t follow their own rules for reporting results from clinical trials
Systemic look across papers finds that letters pointing out problems are often rejected".
Why sparks fly when you microwave grapes
Physicists burned out 12 microwaves putting this trick to the test".
Ancient humans hunted monkeys for tens of thousands of years
Tropical rainforests not a barrier to human world domination".
Germany’s wolves are on the rise thanks to a surprising ally: the military
Training reserves provide key early habitat for returning predators".
Ultraviolet light could provide a powerful new source of green fuel
Scientists find potentially cheap way to turn methanol into ethanol".
