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Judge rules that bloggers sued by Francesca Gino are protected by the First Amendment, but allows some claims against Harvard to proceed

The gene variant APOE4 is finally giving up some of its secrets, spurring new strategies to stop the dreaded neurodegenerative disease

Postdocs who hold temporary visas are paid less and receive less career development and guidance than U.S. citizens, new study finds

The imperturbable bot succeeds where humans usually fail, experiment finds

Riding on top of sea ice, domed vessel will carry crews on 2-year-long polar voyages

First analysis of laws on composting food finds that tough regulations, like those in Massachusetts, work

Scientists trace strange seismic signal to landslide that triggered sloshing, 200-meter-tall waves in Greenland

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Extreme weather sparked by ocean shifts set stage for Great Dying 250 million years ago

Hundreds of scientific papers bear signs of reviewers using templates to quickly churn out reports for personal gain

Genomic, archaeological data show population on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, never “collapsed” as some had argued

A mouse study running for decades has found promising compounds for extending life—and ruled out many others

Trove of data-mining resources on malaria and other killers set to go dark this weekend

The first wasp known to lay its eggs in adult fruit flies could shed light on parasite behavior

Deep-sea submersible captures habits and anatomy of strange isopods for first time

JWST reveals a surfeit of ultraviolet light from the first stars and giant black holes—clues to the universe’s reionization

Pauses in fighting have held, but success of the vaccination drive is still uncertain

Study’s results may have implications for conservation policy in the Maasai Mara National Reserve

A rare look at how young fish avoid becoming dinner

Samples destined for destruction at a Paris institute trigger a virological “detective story”