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Trump administration quashes NIH scientific integrity policy
The now-rescinded policy, designed to protect government researchers from political pressure, strongly endorsed DEI in science
After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work
Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them
NIH under orders to cancel $2.6 billion in contracts
Mandate has set off a scramble to find places to trim awards that support much of the biomedical agency’s work
Immune cells have unexpected role in fighting pain
Inflammation-suppressing regulatory T cells reduce pain in female mice by targeting nerve cells
News at a glance: Star-gazing probe’s finale, African cancer database, and 2000 scientists decry Trump policies
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‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos
In a first, researchers have seen a nonhuman animal combine different calls to make new meanings
Geoengineering could fight climate change—if the public can be convinced
Researchers’ failures to communicate are jeopardizing even basic tests, but new projects may point the way forward
Skeletons from ‘green Sahara’ offer genetic peek at a lost human population
Ancient DNA sheds light on a fleeting, lush interlude of North African prehistory
Why NIH labs have no supplies and April fooling at CDC: Trump Tracker
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
Lawsuit aims to overturn many NIH grant terminations
Multiple groups and NIH-funded scientists challenge agency’s decision as arbitrary and capricious
Unusual dinosaur tracks in Scotland reveal an ancient watering hole
The impressions, once considered fish burrows, were found along a shoreline with a notable role in Scottish history
Stellarators, once fusion’s dark horse, hit their stride
Multiple companies aim to generate power by corraling plasma with twisted magnets
I went to a physics conference—and a hockey game broke out
Hockey-loving physicists from around the world lug their stinky gear to play at the American Physical Society’s annual meeting
Trump administration purges U.S. health agency leaders
Reassignment letters come as reductions in force begin at NIH, FDA, and CDC
Molecular ‘staples’ resolve puzzle of how collagen stays together
Research reveals how the key structural protein, inherently unstable at body temperature, forms resilient twists
HHS’s MIA RIF, FDA official’s angry goodbye, Academies’ members issue warning: Trump Tracker
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance
Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans
The AI revolution comes to protein sequencing
New systems can identify unknown proteins in samples from diseased tissue, the environment, and archaeological sites
Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars?
DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results
NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office
The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards
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