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Consensus exists on holding off from making heritable changes, but disagreement remains over regulation

Tracker will hold signatories of last year’s Kigali declaration to account

Dutch company ASML reports “unauthorised misappropriation of data” as MEPs progress EU legislation on microchips

Agreement between agencies aims to support Earth observation and education projects
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This week: the ethnic breakdown of NIH mentor grants, a new AAAS president and more

Genetics is too complicated to rely on overly simplistic social concepts, report warns

How the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour sniffs out the best bids

Call issued for more training and recruitment incentives to sustain US leadership in CGT field

The inaugural director of breakthrough-focused Arpa-H outlines her priorities on the US agency’s first anniversary

This week: Republican complaints about Nasa, quantum computing help, and a telescope on the moon

Science academies from leading economies call for action on climate, ageing and ocean biodiversity

Proposal would give massive uplift to NSF, but much smaller increase to NIH

UK’s updated strategy keeps emphasis on R&D but doesn’t mention EU programmes or ODA funding

Politicians visit US and Latin America to discuss improving student mobility and cooperation in science

The US is spending $52 billion on R&D and incentives to revive its semiconductor industry

Changes in the powerhouse biomedical charity’s strategy are set to shake up funding patterns

Director of Congressional coalition seeks cooperation on climate R&D but says competition is also “vital”

AAAS 2023: National Institute of Standards and Technology director raises concerns over decaying research infrastructure

Science minister promises to look at organisations “we know to be aggressive” in acquiring IP

This week: downsizing at a diversity organisation, inflammatory disease funding and complaints about chips terms

Creation of US group responds to harms caused by misinformation and distrust during Covid-19 pandemic

The Gerda Henkel Foundation is an international funder with a straightforward approach

Latest data show National Institutes of Health spent $33.3 billion on grants in 2022

Deal reached after almost 20 years aims to protect oceans lying beyond national jurisdiction

AAAS 2023: Official wants to “renew vibrancy of basic research” and tackle “barely feasible goals”

The US is struggling to maintain its research workforce as other countries grow their own

AAAS 2023: Funding chief says security measures mean researchers “don’t know where the line is”

The cognition-focused Fyssen Foundation supports early career researchers moving to or from France

Little-known scheme offers six-month stays for research and reflection at the physicist’s summerhouse

This week: a new space science leader, investigating climate impact and building trust in AI

National Academies committee finds US must invest to maintain leadership in fields including nuclear fusion

National Institutes of Health receives about a dozen authorship complaints annually, deputy says

The US might be losing out to China in its scientific influence in key countries

How the NIH uses the US government’s billions to shape the world of biomedical research

Velux Stiftung offers project grants in an eclectic range of subjects linked to daylight

This week: AI ethics, therapeutics production and the search for alien life

Non-governmental organisation included in investigation strongly rebuts Republicans’ assertions