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CUNY Halts Investigation of Alzheimer’s Researcher

Citing questions about the integrity of the process, the university said that “no final action” had been taken.

World

Google Search Boss Says Company Invests to Avoid Becoming ‘Roadkill’

At the start of its antitrust defense, Google attributed its success to relentless investment, countering government claims that it broke…

World

Think Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out.

A research study is examining how mice that live in cities, close to humans, may have evolved differently from their…

Finance

An Industry Insider Drives an Open Alternative to Big Tech’s A.I.

The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is trying…

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Roland Griffiths, Who Led a Renaissance in Psychedelics, Dies at 77

The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study, he saw them as a…

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Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid

In some patients, remnants of the coronavirus in the gut may stifle production of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter, researchers suggest.

Science

Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research

Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic…

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Facing Scrutiny, a Museum That Holds 12,000 Human Remains Changes Course

The American Museum of Natural History said it would address its collecting of remains, which stretched into the 1940s and…

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Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Researcher Who Cloned Mice, Dies at 95

Working separately from the Scottish team that had earlier cloned Dolly the sheep, he and his team pioneered an easier,…

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Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked Report

A professor at the City College of New York engaged in “significant research misconduct,” an expert committee concluded.

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