Gov. Phil Murphy signs a bipartisan bill reviving the Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, an idea dating to 1985 that went dormant in 2010.
The sugar industry began funding research that cast doubt on sugar's role in heart disease -- in part by pointing the finger at fat -- as early as the 1960s, according to an analysis of newly uncovered documents.
Scientists have deleted nearly half the genes of a microbe, creating a stripped-down version that still functions, an achievement that might reveal secrets of how life works.