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House panel rejects cuts to agricultural research, and Senators express doubts about cuts to NIH and forest research

Purge at immunization panel represents a major loss of expertise, as measured by scientific papers

Bombing raids target uranium enrichment facility and key personnel

Evidence of agency’s uneven guidance to employees and role of DOGE could play into legal case against cuts

U.S. should plan to build machine to hunt for new subatomic particles, National Academies report says

District judge could declare terminations unlawful—or toss suit based on technicalities

Scientists are pushing plants beyond their comfort zone to test their resilience to warming

Warming world could further heighten tensions over access to Indus River waters

Science chats with James Tabery about the overlooked role of Black prisoners in understanding the genetics of drug reactions

Shifting production from yew trees to yeast could lead to cheaper synthesis of Taxol precursor

New brain-computer interface allows control of intonation, and generates a person’s voice at the speed of typical speech

Newly described fossils point to ancient movement between Asia and North America

Government also announces cash for nuclear, carbon capture, and AI projects

Jay Bhattacharya says NIH’s final budget will be a “collaboration”

Degrading LIGO’s observations of gravitational waves would amount to “killing a newborn baby,” one astrophysicist says

Efforts to improve the rigor of research may have unwittingly handed the administration a way to attack science

Health secretary will soon name new members to expert group that recommends shots

In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

Agency calls research to identify viral threats “unsafe”

Decline in journal revenues puts scholarships, advocacy, and other activities at risk