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Imagination isn’t just for humans, this famous ape shows
Kanzi, a bonobo studied for his language skills, understood make-believe objects
Open-source AI program can answer science questions better than humans
Developed by and for academics, OpenScholar aims to improve searches of the ballooning scientific literature
Space dust reveals rapid evolution after dino-killing asteroid
New data detail how tiny forms of life rebounded much more quickly than previously believed
Loss of ‘hunger hormone’ has made snakes masters of fasting
Ditching ghrelin genes may have helped a wide variety of reptiles deal with a boom-or-bust feeding schedule
Senate panel slams Trump’s NIH chief for grant cuts, vaccine views
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle decry disruptions to biomedical research under Jay Bhattacharya
Brain cells birth zombielike transport vesicles
Shed from the surfaces of astrocytes, “zombosomes” flit between cells, carrying proteins linked to disease
As the world warms, freezing rain shifts to the U.S. South
Recent winter storm traced the path of an emerging ice corridor
Lawmakers spend big on home state science projects
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, king of congressional earmarks, steers $165 million to his alma maters
Serious side effects dim hopes for the first chikungunya vaccine
The shots fell short during a massive outbreak on a French island. A new vaccine may be safer
Traces of ancient seafloor cataclysms turn up in the Himalayas
Vast undersea eruptions may be undercounted source of extinctions through Earth’s history
Trump slump? Attendance plummets at some science meetings, but others hold steady
Amid travel bans, a government shutdown, and funding crunches, 2025 was a turbulent year for U.S. scientific societies
Snakes on a train? Deadly reptiles may be hopping railcars in India
Trains may be transporting cobras and other venomous snakes to new parts of the country
In a twist, polar bears are getting fatter in the Norwegian Arctic
With sea ice dwindling, the massive predators are relying more on land-based food sources such as reindeer
U.K. physics community braces for deep funding cuts
Research council to slash funding for particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy by 30%, prompting alarm across the research community
As humans return to the Moon, scientists confront the dangers of deep-space radiation
Shields and biological countermeasures could help protect astronauts during prolonged missions beyond Earth's magnetic bubble
Earth-size planet spotted with yearlong orbit
Long-overlooked Kepler signal discovered by citizen scientists reveals promising world worth a closer look
A motley crew of fossils illuminates an ancient, mysterious extinction event
512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close
Fluttering ‘tails’ on bird nests confuse would-be predators
Blue manakins in Brazil use “disruptive camouflage” to protect their eggs, new study finds
Splat! Could roadkill replace some studies of live animals?
Science chats with an ecologist about the advantages of using discarded carcasses for research
Congress set to cut basic defense science funding
But lawmakers reject Trump’s call for deeper downsizing and boost applied and medical research
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