"Ancient genomic data has revealed that inhabitants of the Rhine-Meuse river delta - wetland and coastal areas of modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and western Germany - maintained high levels of hunter-gatherer genetic ancestry for thousands of years after successive migrations from the east transformed most of Europe into farming and animal-herding communities. This group's eventual mix with communities of people with ancestry from the central Eurasian steppe catalysed the expansion of Bell Beaker culture,"
"The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has announced that it will crack down on institutions that turn a blind eye to serious research misconduct. The announcement states that institutions should investigate papers that are retracted in international science journals as a result of misconduct, and that the results of such investigations must be published. MOST says that a failure to do so - and sanction offenders if necessary - will incur serious penalties, but doesn't specify what these penalties might be."
"The administration of US President Donald Trump moved forwards last week with its plan to make it easier to fire some government workers - including scientists. The rule change, which Trump's team says aims to improve employee accountability, would reassign career civil servants who influence government policy into a new worker class called 'Policy/Career' and strip them of the job protections that they usually have under US law."
Ancient genomic analyses show populations in the Rhine-Meuse river delta preserved high levels of hunter-gatherer genetic ancestry for thousands of years despite incoming migrations that turned much of Europe to farming and herding. Subsequent admixture with people bearing central Eurasian steppe ancestry helped catalyse the Bell Beaker expansion and produced major shifts in the genetic composition of Britain and the Rhine-Meuse delta. The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology mandated investigations of papers retracted for misconduct and publication of those results, warning of unspecified penalties for noncompliance. A US rule change would reclassify some policy-influencing civil servants into a 'Policy/Career' class, removing usual job protections to make dismissal easier.
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