Q&A: Why Iranian conservationists are facing ‘ludicrous’ spying charges
Ecologist David Laylin urges release of eight jailed colleagues".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
The war on ‘prediabetes’ could be a boon for pharma—but is it good medicine?
A third of Americans are considered prediabetic—but many may be better off without treatment".
The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa
New evidence questions the assumption that plague bacterium didn’t cross the Sahara".
U.S. Senate Republicans hold rare climate hearing, and more might be coming
Global warming gets bipartisan recognition from leaders of energy panel".
Amoebalike creatures form digestive ‘fronts’ to consume their prey
Communal eating may help Placozoa feast faster".
Has a second person with HIV been cured?
“London patient” also has long-term disappearance of virus after stem cell transplant".
Q&A: New light pollution tracking tool is a physicist’s bright idea
Christopher Kyba wants to enable anyone to easily analyze changes in night light".
Clues that the medieval plague swept into sub-Saharan Africa and evidence humans hunted and butchered giant ground sloths 12,000 years ago
On this week’s show: how the Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa, and evidence for human involvement in the extinction of megafauna like giant sloths".
Men get larger first NIH grants, but is the news all bad for female scientists?
Differences shrink for awards that directly support an investigator’s own research projects".
Genetically engineered immune cells wipe out lupus in mice
Chimeric antigen receptor–T cell therapy—already approved for some cancers—might help human patients with the autoimmune disorder".
