John Moolenaar, Republican of Michigan, is the chairman of the US House Select Committee on China.Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty U.S. House lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have expressed concerns about China exploiting U.S. research but have diverged over how to protect the country’s research and fund it. The concerns, expressed at
Original sin Kathryn Paige Harden Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2026) A 2021 analysis of genetic data from 1.5 million people, co-edited by psychologist Kathryn Paige Harden, concluded that some DNA sequences were more common in people with addiction than in those without. “This combination of genetics with incorrigibility is another legacy of the doctrine of original
Reflect Orbital aims to redirect sunlight towards the night areas of the Earth.Credit: Jesper Klausen/Scientific Photo Library A risky plan to turn night into day is one step closer to reality. Last week, U.S. officials approved a mission to launch a giant mirror into space, where the device will reflect sunlight onto shadowed parts of
Developing sperm (blue; artificially colored) fill the center of the seminiferous tubules (orange), which form the human testicle.Credit: Susumu Nishinaga/Scientific Photo Library A cutting-edge operation has restored a man’s ability to produce sperm by transplanting tissue samples that were removed from one of his testicles and frozen 16 years earlier, when he was still a
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