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Philip Morris’s new Foundation for a Smoke-Free World triggers calls for a boycott. But scientists disagree over the right course. 
Delta Flume will allow researchers to improve coastal defenses. 
The Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative, housed at Al-Quds University in the West Bank, has sought to keep politics out the door. 
The African country could soon be the latest epidemic’s last holdout. 
A massive study in Qatar is yielding the most detailed data yet on how a new virus spreads between camels—and how it jumps to humans. 
An investigation by Science revealed that researchers who discovered the new virus, were not allowed to report it. 
It was supposed to prevent blindness and death in millions of children. But almost a decade after its invention, Golden Rice is still stuck in the lab. 
According to the researcher who discovered it, the virus just isn’t all that exciting. 
The story about a Dutch cyclist who booked tickets on not one but two doomed flights was simply too good to check out. 
There’s a new plan afoot to eradicate the tsetse fly. Some scientists say it’s a waste of money. 
A row erupted after a press release distorted findings on milk and cardiovascular disease. 
Reportage uit Qatar, waar Nederlandse wetenschappers mysteries ontrafelen achter MERS, een nieuwe virusziekte die plotseling opdook in 2012. 
Morocco is pulling out all the stops to contain a massive upsurge of the voracious insects. 
A guide to the new wave of science film festivals. 
Doctors don’t need to lie to harness the placebo effect, study finds. 
When new or dangerous infectious diseases strike, public health often trumps personal privacy. (An almost complete list of my stories for Science can be found in that journal’s archives.)