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Microscopic creatures hitch a ride on turbulent waters to travel faster

Ancient meals and infections reconstructed from preserved metabolic markers

Divisions and rotators disappear as more career staff become supervisors

Trump administration declines to renew appointment of Walter Koroshetz, against NIH director’s wishes

From ancient humans to modern woes, these are the stories that stuck with our News editors this year

Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report

Three research teams have modeled how early embryos find a place to take root

Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species

After series of bleak findings, theory sparks hope for alternative energy source within Jupiter’s intriguing moon

Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations

Natural selection was at work—but only in populations with no alternative to dairy

Bold concept calls for sending telescopes 10 times farther than Pluto

“Photoluminescence” may be a way for the animals to communicate with each other

Jay Bhattacharya is struggling to make the case he’s in charge and has the agency’s best interests at heart

HHS secretary vows to end U.S. monkey imports, push for retirement of research primates

The rockhead poacher’s unusual cranial anatomy may help it communicate

Discovery suggests raindrops can be up to 100 times more erosive than once thought

Sophisticated bots risk contaminating surveys, games, and other approaches designed to shed light on human behavior

In a game of visual telephone, models converge on ecstatic sports wins, romantic nights in Paris, and other cultural chestnuts

Billionaire-backed Episteme aims to free research from bureaucracy. History shows that’s a tall task