Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants...
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John Timmer
11:20
New evidence that some supernovae may be a “double detonation”
It may be possible to blow up a white dwarf before it reaches a critical mass...
John Timmer
14:31
Microsoft lays out its path to useful quantum computing
Its platform needs error correction that works with different hardware...
John Timmer
03:21
Genetic-engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants
Five clusters of genes from different organisms put into a single bacterial strain...
John Timmer
18:22
To regenerate a head, you first have to know where your tail is
Planaria can't replace a missing head until after the tail develops sufficiently...
John Timmer
06:20
“Wooly mice” a test run for mammoth gene editing
With most targeted changes not mammoth-specific, the focus is on gene editing...
John Timmer
01:20
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars' interior...
John Timmer
05:20
Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
Getting oxygen from regolith takes 24 kWh per kilogram, and we'd need tonnes...
John Timmer
06:23
AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
Enzyme mechanisms can be complex, and getting them to work is tricky...
John Timmer
09:21
22 states sue to block new NIH funding policy—court puts it on hold
The first Trump administration tried this, and Congress passed a rule to block it...
