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Heliophysicists call for fresh missions to study the Sun—and a new name for the field
Decadal survey in solar and space physics says NASA funding for the field should be doubled
Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy
Notre Dame’s spectacular rebirth offers bounty of data for scientists
Studies of materials salvaged from 2019 fire are providing insights into everything from construction techniques to climate conditions in medieval France
Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started?
Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others say pathogen remains unpredictable
Apex the Stegosaur, the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold, heads to a museum
The American Museum of Natural History will host one of the most complete Stegosaurus specimens for the next 4 years
NIH needs a new institute for women’s health research, expert panel says
National Academies report also calls for $16 billion in new money
News at a glance: Orange cats, COVID-19 origin probe, and a collapse of plastic treaty talks
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Latin American journals are open-access pioneers. Now, they need an audience
SciElo, other platforms work to help journals reach readers around the world
Trump picks billionaire astronaut to lead NASA
Jared Isaacman has twice flown in space in capsules made by Elon Musk’s rocket company
These spiders capture their prey with deadly accurate slingshot traps
Vibrations from flying insects cue ray spiders to deploy web “cones”
Unusual genetic results in prenatal tests can also flag cancers—in the mom
A new study found lymphomas, colon cancer, and breast cancer following rare fetal test result during pregnancy
Mysterious radio pulses traced to dance of stellar dwarfs
Languorous cosmic beats could be generated by magnetic forces between orbiting stars
‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
House panel concludes that COVID-19 pandemic came from a lab leak
Two-year probe led by Republicans faults agencies for pandemic response, as Democrats on panel challenge final report’s findings on SARS-CoV-2’s origin
‘Brutal’ math test stumps AI but not human experts
Benchmark shows humans can still top machines—but for how much longer?
Could melting ice wake up Antarctica’s volcanoes?
Researchers probe immediate and long-term threats at two of continent’s biggest magmatic tinderboxes
India takes out giant nationwide subscription to 13,000 journals
Deal allows scholars to read paywalled articles for free and will cover open-access fees
Controversial study redraws classical picture of the neuron
Fine-grained imaging of mouse brain cells suggests “pearling” of axons that researchers think may help with signaling
In the Himalayas, expanding lakes signal growing flood risks
Some lakes have grown by more than 40% in recent years, new data show
‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril
Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say
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