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How to cool down African homes—and keep mosquitoes out
Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk
Urban dandelions have evolved to stay close to home. That’s bad news
Small seed “parachutes” may be causing inbreeding
The earliest <em>Homo</em> species did not look human, partial skeleton shows
Homo habilis, 2 million years old, was known mainly from teeth and jaw bones
The Arctic’s ‘last ice area’ is showing signs of weakness
Mission to Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands reveals degradation of a sea ice haven
Scientists spot never-before-seen shock wave around dead star
Observation challenges understanding of how dead stars interact with their environments
New hepatitis B drug could help ‘functionally cure’ some patients
Scientists welcome GSK announcement that two trials succeeded—even though data are still lacking
World’s oldest whale harpoons discovered in Brazil
Far from the icy Arctic, ancient South Americans hunted whales using whalebone tools
The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree
Rationale for dropping some vaccine recommendations faces skepticism
How some people get drunk from their own gut bacteria
Largest study so far of people with the rare “autobrewery syndrome” points to more culprit microbes
Alzheimer’s drug developers accuse clinical trial sites of faking data
T3D Therapeutics alleges that contract researchers delivered “medically impossible” results on its candidate drug
Fossils point to common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals
Bones from a Moroccan quarry belonged to a hominin that lived when the human lineage was splitting
Why does Denmark recommend so few childhood vaccines? A Danish scientist explains
The U.S. plans to follow the Scandinavian country’s minimalist schedule. That may be a mistake, Jens Lundgren says
Ex–Google CEO funds private space telescope bigger than Hubble
Schmidt Sciences announces investments in orbiting observatory and three ground-based instruments
Why a fatal ‘black fungus’ struck India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mucormycosis may be triggered by low levels of albumin, the most common blood protein
Jellyfish sleep a lot like us—and for the same reasons
Study adds to evidence that sleep likely evolved among ancient animals as a means of repairing neurons
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
Congress backs Trump administration’s efforts to kill project that would ferry martian rocks to Earth
Fresh conflicts erupt around giant database for flu and COVID-19 sequences
Critics say “autocratic” behavior by GISAID could hamper response to a future pandemic
Appeals court agrees that NIH cannot reduce overhead payments to academic institutions
Judges uphold injunction by lower court against a 15% flat rate for indirect costs
Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?
Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication
Against all odds, a curious sea creature survived the dino-killing asteroid
Coil-shelled mollusks called ammonites staved off extinction for thousands of years
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