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Is Gaza’s hunger crisis officially a famine? Israel makes it hard to tell
International food security body issues rare alert about “worst-case scenario” unfolding
Early universe’s ‘little red dots’ may be black hole stars
Puzzling objects spotted by NASA’s JWST telescope may be entirely new class of celestial entity
Giant virus with record-long tail discovered in Pacific Ocean
Infecting marine plankton, the pathogen may use its extreme appendage to enter host cells
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards
Genomewide study makes ‘quantum leap’ in understanding stuttering
Analysis of DNA from 23andMe users points to variants in genes linked to brain function and sense of rhythm
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
Peacock feathers can be lasers
Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom
Congressional panels resist White House proposals for sharp cuts in indirect cost rates
Three spending panels say a 15% cap isn’t the right answer to nagging concerns about how universities are reimbursed
USDA reorganization will cut agricultural and forest research
One of the agency’s largest and most storied research facilities will be closed along with most forest research stations
‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times
Findings speak to the dramatic impact ants and termites can have on mammalian evolution
Columbia’s $221 million deal with Trump officials draws mixed reactions from researchers
Relief that NIH funding will be restored mingles with fears that academic independence will suffer—and that other universities will make similar concessions
This trilobite fossil became ancient Roman bling
It’s the first example of this common fossil found in the ancient Roman world
Three ancient human relatives once shared the same valley. Did they meet—and compete?
The world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, in South Africa, poses a 2-million-year-old riddle of coexistence
Fifteen years later, <cite>Science</cite> retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper despite study authors’ protests
Belated decision on widely disputed 2010 study pleases some critics but puzzles and dismays others
Controversial ‘gene-drive’ strategy could make mosquitoes hostile to malaria parasites
New approach aims to reduce disease transmission by quickly spreading a gene variant that occurs naturally in some mosquitoes
Most of Earth’s critical underground fungus is unprotected
First global map of mushrooms that form beneficial relationships with plant roots reveals 90% live outside of conservation areas
This scientist advises the U.K. government on climate policy—and it has to hear him out
As Piers Forster steps down as chair of the influential Climate Change Committee, he chats with Science about his role in guiding the country toward decarbonization
Trump’s plan to slash global health spending rejected by key spending panel
House of Representatives committee signals support for HIV/AIDS and other funding
Cheap drug could fight malaria by spoiling mosquitoes’ blood meal
Field study in Kenya suggests innovative strategy has promise—but some researchers question its viability
Songbirds play optical tricks to make their feather colors ‘pop’
Concealed black or white bands on feathers boost the vibrancy of bird plumage
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