More than 100 Nobel laureates take on Greenpeace over GMO stance; Humans are driving evolution of new species — and that could be just as bad as causing extinctions; How NASA’s Juno mission could help tell us where we came from; Scientists just got one of the best measures yet of a fundamental of physics; Exquisite wings encased in amber are some of the best bird fossils ever found; This futuristic plastic changes color like a shimmering opal as you stretch it; See the best images of Jupiter yet, just in time for NASA’s Juno probe; Dear Science: Why aren’t apes evolving into humans?;   Rachel Feltman on Science   More than 100 Nobel laureates take on Greenpeace over GMO stance Latest sign of rift between scientific establishment and anti-GMO activists By Joel Achenbach  •  Read more » Humans are driving evolution of new species — and that could be just as bad as causing extinctions "People might find ... man-made biodiversity just as daunting as man-made loss," ecologist Joseph Bull said. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   How NASA’s Juno mission could help tell us where we came from On July 4, Juno will give us an unprecedented look at our solar system's weirdest planet. By Rachel Feltman  •  Read more »   Scientists just got one of the best measures yet of a fundamental of physics Is it time for "le Grand K" to be retired? By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Exquisite wings encased in amber are some of the best bird fossils ever found "It's the next best thing to having the animal in your hand," said paleontologist Ryan McKellar. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   This futuristic plastic changes color like a shimmering opal as you stretch it nanotechnology, material, materials science, nanostructure, color, structural color, opal, butterfly By Erin Blakemore  •  Read more »   See the best images of Jupiter yet, just in time for NASA’s Juno probe The NASA probe is just a week away from Jupiter. This is what it will find. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Dear Science: Why aren’t apes evolving into humans? We hate to be the ones to break it to you, but you are an ape. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   The Switch The day's top stories on the tech industry and tech in our lives. Sign Up »         Share Speaking of Science:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Speaking of Science. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071