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Department selected universal flu vaccine work by NIH leaders without “transparency,” some scientists say

Sediments deposited long ago reveal the vessel’s age

Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought

By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves

4000-year-old scarred jaws in Oman hub mark oldest cases outside South Asia

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Younger generations lost their way after older fish were killed

“The simplest explanation is just that it’s kind of a boring planet like Neptune or Uranus”

Researchers use algorithms to study political factions within the Catholic Church

Airborne device captures hitchhiking species from all over the world floating many kilometers above Earth’s surface

Method—which uses a light microscope—offers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to electron microscopy

Politics and environmental concerns imperil plans to divert the Mississippi River to build new land

Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length

Executive order on gain-of-function experiments could chill research on infectious diseases, scientists say

Internal emails from 2021 reveal tensions among researchers hunting for elusive Majorana particle

Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”

New campaign, Choose Science for Europe, aims to recruit talent from countries where science is under siege

2500-year-old hallucinogenic rituals may have allowed Chavín de Huántar elites to gain prestige and influence

Advocates of animal research fear decision will lead to harassment of scientists and others who oversee such studies

A cocktail of antibodies from snake enthusiast Tim Friede protected mice from many deadly venoms—but some say the study has ethical issues