A scholar of stereotypes is trapped by Trump’s travel ban; Canadian scientists were followed, threatened and censored. They warn that Trump could do the same.; How Trump’s travel ban could hurt science; Watch four alien worlds orbit a distant star; Top download from any federal site right now is Park Service report on climate change; The nation’s top scientists can’t get through to Trump — and they’re alarmed; ‘We have a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later.; Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants; The Doomsday Clock just advanced, ‘thanks to Trump’: It’s now just 2½ minutes to ‘midnight.’;
 
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Oldest proteins ever have been found in a 195-million-year-old dinosaur, scientist say
Researchers report finding a tiny bit of collagen clinging to 195 million-year-old dinosaur bones.
A scholar of stereotypes is trapped by Trump’s travel ban
He's a doctoral student who is gay. In his homeland of Iran, his sexuality could get him jailed or even killed,
 
Canadian scientists were followed, threatened and censored. They warn that Trump could do the same.
White House officials have denied trying to censor public research bodies, just as their counterparts in Canada denied it several years ago during a regime of science censorship in that country.
 
How Trump’s travel ban could hurt science
The U.S. is likely violating the statutes of the International Council for Science, the global umbrella organization for scientific societies.
 
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Watch four alien worlds orbit a distant star
This is the most incredible thing you'll see all week. Trust us.
 
Top download from any federal site right now is Park Service report on climate change
The Trump presidency seems to have been really good for Web traffic on government sites about climate change.
 
The nation’s top scientists can’t get through to Trump — and they’re alarmed
Empiricists erupt amid talk of fake news and alternative facts.
 
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‘We have a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later.
NASA made spaceflight safer after the accident, a lesson it would have to learn again and again.
 
Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants
Two new studies show the potential of “chimera” embryo research, which may one day be used to grow human organs in livestock.
 
The Doomsday Clock just advanced, ‘thanks to Trump’: It’s now just 2½ minutes to ‘midnight.’
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists singled out President Trump in noting that the symbolic clock has moved 30 seconds closer to the end of humanity.
 
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