A roundup of weekly science policy and related news.

Months after its famed flyby, New Horizons is still giving scientists plenty to ponder.

Grant to add human cells to animal embryos is delayed.

The Blue Brain Project publishes its simulation of 30,000 neurons.

Contemporary-looking teeth found in cave suggest that Homo sapiens left Africa much earlier than expected.

Traditional Chinese medicine's vast cornucopia has produced many claims, few bona fide drugs.

Experiments showed how enzymes keep mutations from wrecking the molecule of life.

Feeding insect meal to livestock could help the planet, but will it be good for people?

A longstanding quest to augment human performance with robotic exoskeletons takes a softer approach.

Psychological studies call into question the efficacy of enhanced interrogation techniques.

A tongue-in-cheek guide aims to help students avoid common grad school mistakes.

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Flexible circuitry mimics the way skin transduces pressure signals [Also see Report by Tee et al.]

Chemical synthesis of glucosepane promises insights into the role of this molecule in diseases of aging [Also see Report by Draghici et al.]

Observations during a close flyby of Mars shed light on a little-understood group of comets

The long-sought structure of an active polycomb repressive complex is solved [Also see Research Article by Jiao and Liu]

A superconducting amplifier is used to boost quantum signals [Also see Report by Macklin et al.]

Dynamic computational modeling integrated with experimentation can enable precision medicine

Engineering a fail-safe control mechanism in cancer-targeted T cells.

The structure of a gene silencing complex reveals how it self-activates and is inhibited by a cancer-associated chromatin mutation. [Also see Perspective by Schapira]

The first scientific results from New Horizon's flyby of Pluto reveal a rich and diverse geology.

Synthesis of a molecule derived biochemically from glucose and two amino acids may help elucidate its biological properties. [Also see Perspective by Boger]

Earth-abundant cobalt catalyzes a broadly useful chemical conversion of acids to alcohols.

A material with different sites for CO₂ and water absorption can extract CO₂ from moist gas streams.

A microwave amplifier containing a chain of Josephson junctions shows promising performance. [Also see Perspective by Cleland]

Tectonic and magmatic extension under a steady magma input explains variations in abyssal hill fabric with spreading rate.

An artificial skin based on flexible printed organic circuits and pressure sensors mimics the ability to sense physical force. [Also see Perspective by Anikeeva and Koppes]

Neuronal progenitors themselves change during development, even while continuing to generate new neurons.

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation does not depend on variable whole-ocean circulation.

Enhancer evolution is not driven by perfection but is constrained by the need for specificity.

Active signaling in dying cells determines their immunogenicity.

Regulatory T cells require the transcription factor Helios to stably maintain their identity.

A protein for silencing transposons in the germline binds to and silences newly synthesized transposon RNA.

On this week's show: A first look at the geology and composition of Pluto's surface and a roundup of daily news stories.

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