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Psychologists keep policy on U.S. detainees, but issue remains open wound
The American Psychological Association (APA) in Washington, D.C., has decided to retain a policy banning military psychologists from working with detainees at the U.S....
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Environment & Energy
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 Review: Pricing Is Everything
All right. Well, take care yourself. I guess that's what you're best, presence old master? A tremor in the Force. The last time felt...
Education
New blood test may transform the way cancer is monitored and...
New blood test may transform the way cancer is monitored and treated
Technology allows rapid detection of miniscule amounts of cancer DNA released into circulating...
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New radio telescope in South Africa will study galaxy formation
Today, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a continent-spanning radio astronomy project, announced that Spain has come on board as the collaboration’s 11th member. That...
Male scientists are far more likely to be referred to by their last names,...
Darwin, Newton, Einstein. When scientists reach a certain level of fame, first names need not apply. That’s especially true if the scientist is a...
Update: Quantum physics gets attention—and brighter funding prospects—in Congress
*Update, 27 June, 12:30 p.m.: The science committee of the House of Representatives today unanimously approved the National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R. 6227), which would create a...
The fight has begun over Europe’s big budget increase for science
European universities are unhappy about the details, announced yesterday, of Horizon Europe, the European Union’s new 7-year research program that will start in 2021....
Health
Is a little radiation good for you? Controversial theory pops up in Senate hearing...
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to overhaul how scientific studies can inform regulations, a U.S. Senate panel briefly became a stage for a decades-old...
On a remote Pacific island, this doctor has revived a 60-year quest to eradicate...
LIHIR ISLAND IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA—In a small, poor village 15,000 kilometers from his home, Oriol Mitjà jumped out of a white van one early May...
Can bacteria-slaying viruses defeat antibiotic-resistant infections? A new U.S. clinical center aims to find...
One piece of good news can make all the difference. In the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, a decades-old approach based on bacteria-slaying viruses called...
Arts & Humanities
The Maya civilization used chocolate as money
Your Hershey bar may have been worth its weight in gold in Mayan times. A new study reveals that chocolate became its own form...
Do dolphins feel grief?
When an adult striped dolphin emerged from the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 pushing, nudging, and circling the carcass of its dead female companion for...
Australia to ax support for long-term ecology sites
Australia to ax support for long-term ecology sites
By John Pickrell
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA—The Simpson Desert of central Australia is as starkly beautiful as it is ecologically entrancing....
Believing the future will be favorable may prevent action
Believing the future will be favorable may prevent action
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People tend to believe that others will come around to their point of...
