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‘Mother of Hubble’: how Nancy Grace Roman ushered in a new era of astronomy 0
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- September 8, 2026
Early in her career, Nancy Grace Roman ignored those who advised her not to become a scientist because of her gender.Credit: NASA/Science Photo Library Astronomers have a new tool for peering into the Universe to probe dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched on 30 August, is the first
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A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery 0
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- September 8, 2026
On a Tuesday in mid-April, the UK Biobank — one of the largest and most comprehensive health-tracking studies in the world — received a troubling e-mail from an anonymous researcher. The sender had discovered what appeared to be sensitive information from hundreds of thousands of the study’s participants for sale on Xianyu, an e-commerce website
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How countries can grow without impoverishing future generations 0
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- September 8, 2026
Two reports have renewed the debate over whether nations should stop prioritizing economic growth. In June, the Global Justice Report, published by a research organization called the World Inequality Lab, called for a rebalancing of income and wealth, and for the richest countries to accept lower growth, to solve planet-wide problems such as environmental degradation
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The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods – Nature 0
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- September 8, 2026
Contribution of aquatic invertebrates to global nutrient supplies Global capture and aquaculture statistics To estimate the contribution of invertebrates to global animal capture fisheries and aquaculture production, we used 2019 reconstructed marine fisheries landings data from the Sea Around Us website25 and reported inland fisheries and aquaculture production from the Food and Agriculture Organization26. Reported inland
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Two children died from gene therapies in China: where the field goes next 0
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- September 8, 2026
Xinhua Hospital in Shanghai, China, hosted one of the gene-therapy trials that led to the death of a child last year.Credit: Costfoto/Sipa USA/Alamy The deaths of two children in separate gene-editing trials in China raise serious questions about oversight and could have a profound effect on the country’s biomedical industry, say researchers, ethicists and legal
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China’s fast-track clinical trials are in the spotlight after child deaths 0
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- September 8, 2026
Under China’s Order 818, only high-level hospitals will be able to conduct investigator-initiated trials (IITs).Credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock In the past two months, reports that two children died after receiving gene-editing treatments in separate clinical trials in China have put a spotlight on the country’s fast-track trial pathway. Investigator-initiated trials (IITs) are a popular way that researchers
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