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In turbulent economic times, the prime minister’s Liberal party has promised funding to attract research talent to Canada.

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Unique reproducibility effort in Brazil focuses on common methods rather than a single field ― and prompts call for reform.

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Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.