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A Chinese group has become the first to inject a person with cells that contain genes edited using the revolutionary CRISPR–Cas9 technique.

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Cautious welcome for UK's vague £2 billion research pledge
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Cautious welcome for UK's vague £2 billion research pledge

Questions remain around commitment to boost science investment.
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Geneticists hope to unlock secrets of bats’ complex sounds
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Geneticists hope to unlock secrets of bats’ complex sounds

Project to sequence the DNA of more than 1,000 species seeks to reveal how bats learn to communicate.
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Brazil’s scientists battle to escape 20-year funding freeze
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Brazil’s scientists battle to escape 20-year funding freeze

Cap at current spending levels could spell 'end of science in Brazil', researchers say.

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Questions remain around commitment to boost science investment.

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Geneticists hope to unlock secrets of bats’ complex sounds

Project to sequence the DNA of more than 1,000 species seeks to reveal how bats learn to communicate.

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Brazil’s scientists battle to escape 20-year funding freeze

Cap at current spending levels could spell 'end of science in Brazil', researchers say.

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UK politicians demand Brexit guarantee for EU scientists

Influential committee says researchers need assurances that they can stay after UK leaves European Union.

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Laser used to control mouse's brain — and speed up milkshake consumption

The ability to control very small groups of neurons could have big implications for brain science.

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Argentina president's first budget angers scientists

Researchers chafe at spending cuts and fear a brain drain.

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Rock core from dinosaur-killing impact reveals how enormous craters form

Drilling into Mexico’s Chicxulub basin also finds shattered rock where underground life could thrive.

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Long-sought signal deepens mystery of fast radio bursts

A discovery that was supposed to help reveal how the bursts arise only thickens the plot.

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MuseThe mathematics of science's broken reward system

Theoretical models of how science works provide valuable insights, says Philip Ball.

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The week in science: 11–17 November 2016.

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FeatureHow much longer can Antarctica’s hostile ocean delay global warming?

The waters of the Southern Ocean have absorbed much of the excess heat and carbon generated by humanity.

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European diseases left their mark on First Nations' DNA

Change to immune-system genes in indigenous Canadians linked to epidemic introduced by Europeans.

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Focused grass-roots collaborations that start small and scale up could overcome technical and sociological barriers to 'big' neuroscience, argue Zachary F. Mainen, Michael Häusser and Alexandre Pouget.

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ObituaryJoseph L. Birman (1927–2016)

Physicist who helped hundreds of scientists to escape oppression.

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World ViewScience and innovation policies for Donald Trump

Daniel Sarewitz says the new US president will need to promote creative science to benefit the disaffected millions who voted for him.

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Establishing a Martian outpost is likely to bring many of the same societal problems we face on Earth.

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It is time for scientists and politicians alike to constructively engage with core issues — from climate change and energy independence to social inequality.

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