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Decades ago, Venezuelan researchers helped the oil industry thrive. Now they hope to be part of its reconstruction

Inflatable structures inspired by human bone help the contraption grow, shrink, and float

Hot mantle plume could be split in two, might eventually produce separate island chains

Fossils reveal these ancient footbones were robust enough to withstand the impacts of leaping locomotion

Threats to funding and cuts to diversity efforts are putting pressure on the pipeline of new scientists

Seismic stations can accurately map re-entering debris with high accuracy

New study shows how engineered proteins can be tracked with an MRI-like approach

Hand stencils from a Southeast Asian cave predate Neanderthal cave art from Europe

Study reveals role of “fine-grained” ancestry in predicting response to painkillers, statins, and other drugs

Europe’s Solar Orbiter is helping researchers understand what causes the Sun to blast out radiation and particles

Enigmatic organism known as Prototaxites cannot be fungus, new analysis finds

An unprecedented assault has forced researchers to rethink their advocacy tactics

Mementos may have reinforced vast social networks during turbulent times

Measure gives agency slight boost and blocks multiyear awards and cuts to indirect costs

Culling limits agency’s ability to tap independent advice

The island is rebounding from ice melt so fast that scientists are rethinking how Earth’s interior works

A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay

After 12 years studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, MAVEN has gone perilously quiet

First evidence for tool use in cattle includes a skill previously seen only in humans and chimpanzees

Industry-linked studies were also more likely to focus on particular topics, suggesting these ties may be skewing the field