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Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes

Researchers re-create the chorus of noise produced by ancient insects

Chang’e-7, which will investigate the origin of and abundance of lunar ice, set back until 2027

Appointment of John Gaitanis increases concern that scientific qualifications are no longer driving leadership picks

Kosovo shows how surveillance can uncover hidden circulation—and help countries prepare before human cases appear

Beefy tracks point to a Cretaceous critter as big as a large dog or mountain lion

Discovery of lymphatic tubes suggested new possibilities for bone healing, but challenge has prompted dueling papers and publication delay in prominent journal

Novel rescue craft unable to connect with doomed Swift Observatory

First public presentation of studies on environmental factors touts rigorous science amid charged political climate

ChatGPT and other AIs use a flood of facts, and the occasional lie, to persuade humans

Claustrophilic behavior may help Naegleria fowleri find food—and accidentally travel up the human nasal cavity

David Morens awaits sentencing after admitting to trying to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests

Lipid envelopes allow cat “calling cards” to survive for months in the environment

Racing at 8% the speed of light, record-setting object orbits the Milky Way’s black hole every 8.7 years

Chang’e-7 will sample lunar ice in a polar crater to trace its origins

The region’s enormous herbivores, some weighing more than 1 ton, were no match for this prehistoric beast

The long-delayed 12 solicitations only cover some disciplines—and promise to give them much less money

Study of tree shrews points to specific wavelengths of light that might help stave off myopia

The intense deluges, never before documented, represent the highest number of back-to-back extreme weather events in the past 700 years  

Researchers who study HIV, tuberculosis, and other infectious disease in the country welcome policy change