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A huge new review of gun research has bad news for the NRA

http://bit.ly/2Fd8LQC

Via @vox

New review tools are poised to address the reproducibility crisis by holding scientists - and their data - to a higher standard

http://bit.ly/2u8Actb

The decline of bees threatens plant evolution, stunting plant growth and muting scents

http://ind.pn/2pUwWMB

How nostalgia made America great again. When the present looks bleak, we reach for a rose-tinted past.

http://bit.ly/2q4VPEE

Why cancer drug prices keep rising in the USA - but not in Europe

http://bit.ly/2p7kklq

Treating depression is guesswork. But brain scans and machine learning programs are paving the way to a breakthrough

http://bit.ly/2pViUNr

The Slims river in Canada disappeared in just 4 days as intense glacier melt suddenly diverted flow into another watercourse

Beyond white noise - the multi-coloured rainbow of sound

The World Health Organisation lists the 12 bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health

The quest to kill NASA's superbug before it contaminates the entire solar system on space missions

Earth's newest "undulatus asperitas" clouds are terrifyingly glorious

http://bit.ly/2oiASFB

Mapping the entire nervous system of the sea squirt tadpole larva -- only the second animal to be analysed in full -- reveals that even small brains lead to big knowledge gains

As many countries erupt with alt-right rhetoric, where are Canada’s missing Neo-Nationalists?

It’s a puzzle why neo-nationalism has become such a force. Why now? Why has the effect been so powerful, and yet varied both across countries and within them? More importantly, why does Canada seem to be immune to this worrying trend, and how can we harness its values to promote tolerance and peace in an increasingly tumultuous world?

http://bit.ly/2o0Dyup

Could the best way to make money from science be to give it away for free?

Ex-NASA physicist's original origami designs get folded into spacecraft, airbags & #sciart

The abortion pill could revolutionise abortion access. 

The pill is safe and easy to take, and it could give American women unprecedented reproductive autonomy.

So, why have US politicians spent over a decade making sure it doesn't?