Science Daily Headlines
In the age of Trump, are U.S. scientists ‘bringing white papers to a gunfight’?
An unprecedented assault has forced researchers to rethink their advocacy tactics
Ice age Europeans imported tools from distant lands, perhaps as souvenirs
Mementos may have reinforced vast social networks during turbulent times
Final funding bill for NIH pushes back against Trump cuts
Measure gives agency slight boost and blocks multiyear awards and cuts to indirect costs
NASA ends support for planetary science advisory groups
Culling limits agency’s ability to tap independent advice
As Greenland loses ice, global sea levels will rise—and its own will fall
The island is rebounding from ice melt so fast that scientists are rethinking how Earth’s interior works
Which of Trump’s upheavals in U.S. science are likely to stick?
A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay
NASA is making last-ditch attempt to contact tumbling Mars orbiter
After 12 years studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, MAVEN has gone perilously quiet
No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools
First evidence for tool use in cattle includes a skill previously seen only in humans and chimpanzees
Nearly one-third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry, preprint claims
Industry-linked studies were also more likely to focus on particular topics, suggesting these ties may be skewing the field
Some guest editors pack special issues with their own articles
Thousands have penned more than one-third of a journal issue, raising conflict-of-interest concerns
Purdue blocks admission of many Chinese grad students in unwritten policy
Faculty members say university is overreacting to pressure from the Trump administration and Congress
Did a vaporized alien planet leave behind a strange iron ‘bar’?
Astronomers puzzle over newfound feature within the picturesque Ring nebula
Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work
Staff at the Panguana biological research station have received death threats
What’s below Antarctica’s ice? New map provides clearest view yet
Technique could improve models of how ice flows, bolstering predictions of sea level rise
Scientists turn cells’ most mysterious structures into spies on genetic activity
Enigmatic ‘vaults’ can be engineered to eavesdrop on RNA, aiding cancer studies and more
On a Galápagos island, a ‘restoration project on steroids’
A multimillion-dollar plan aims to undo centuries of destruction on islands made famous by Darwin
In fish, low doses of common pesticide speed aging and death
Polluted lakes and lab experiments highlight harms of chronic exposure to chlorpyrifos
Chinese telescope in Antarctica probes uncharted heavenly radiation
Terahertz instrument at Dome A, world’s driest spot, traces the faint glow of gases beyond other telescopes’ reach
AI has supercharged scientists—but may have shrunk science
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
Slow grower: <em>Tyrannosaurus rex</em> didn’t reach full size until age 40
Famed dino likely spent much of its life competing for food against smaller predators
Keyword search result for Alerts: News Weekly Headlines -- New results matching your keyword search query (updated daily).
Subscribe to Science Daily Headlines feed