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Profile: The Scripps Research Institute under new leadership
Steve Kay, the new president of The Scripps Research Institute, has big plans for the venerable biomedical research institution. Alongside incoming CEO Peter Shultz, he hopes…
American cardiologist wins 2015 Prince Mahidol prize
Morton Mower, who developed two cardiac devices that have helped millions of people worldwide, has been honoured by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation. Morton Mower admits…
Fighting malaria in Northern Peru
When large-scale irrigation came to Peru’s north coast in the 1960s and 1970s it brought with it an explosion in agriculture, in particular rice cultivation. But…
The Living Lice Comb
Aquaculture adopts integrated pest management techniques for water-borne pests. Like their land-based colleagues, fish farmers have to deal with pests and parasites that attack their animals.…
Canada expected to reinstate mandatory census
The new Canadian government seems poised to fulfill a wish of social scientists by bringing back the country’s mandatory long-form census. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was…
A scientist elected to Canada’s Parliament shares his hopes as Trudeau prepares to take power
One scientist will be among the new faces in the 338-member House of Commons: Richard Cannings, a bird biologist, author, and former curator of the vertebrate…