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Flying insect respiratory systems suggest abundant oxygen can’t explain ancient gigantism

But observers fear measure will limit public’s ability to challenge potentially harmful projects

Hospitals and researchers struggle to cope with lengthy blackouts and supply shortages

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has grant money, but nobody to hand it out

Scientists spot first example of vertebrate drinking with suction from the tongue alone

New way to analyze frozen tissue slices could reveal bodywide effects of drugs, diseases

The planet’s lightning storms can unleash the force of multiple nuclear weapons every minute

Researchers find evidence that duikers, hunted and eaten across sub-Saharan Africa, can harbor the deadly virus

Researchers still aren’t sure how H5N1 influenza spreads between cows and from farm to farm

Eruptions could be triggered when bubbles vanish into magma—not when they burst out

Pacing and hair pulling may develop after multiple experiments, years of relative isolation, and more

Cetaceans from different families take turns lifting baby whale to surface to breathe

Plant biologist Jill Farrant hopes “desiccation-tolerant” species can teach her how to make crops more resilient

Unified theory explains Mpemba effect from ice cream to atoms—with implications for faster quantum computing

Bones of 15,800-year-old puppy push confirmed origin of our canine companions back nearly 5000 years

A prior infection may create lasting, beneficial evolutionary change in these hardy microbes

“Falcon” and “Eagle” will monitor changing clouds and map critical minerals

The PCAST roster contains few academics and women

A new study probes consciousness with models that simulate and classify brain activity. A neuroscientist behind the work explains its ambitions

Spacecraft would release helicopters to explore martian surface