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Roadmap outlines 25-year path to leadership in space, including more than 30 science missions

Idea would cost trillions, but could avoid issues with other “geoengineering” schemes

Virtual mediation of a mock citizens’ assembly generated more accurate, less biased consensus statements than humanmade ones

Two papers show how agriculture drove gene to duplicate again and again, confirming and extending earlier studies

Young asteroid families seed more than 70% of extraterrestrial rocks found on the planet

Collaboration with China, high-skills immigration, the future of AI, and STEM training are all at stake in the U.S. presidential election

Chemistry Nobel recognizes effort to engineer proteins to carry out novel tasks

Study suggests our feline friends are listening to us more than we think

Rwandan government decides against a randomized vaccine trial recommended by WHO

A common tool uncovers a crowded subway for sea creatures living near a hydrothermal vent

Major genetic changes may have made the Oropouche more virulent, researchers say

Evaluation describes unintended effects as funders mull expanding the policy

Amid across-the-board spending cuts, France fails to meet targets for decadelong plan to better support science

Report urges U.S. research agency to make safety a higher priority in new support contract

Hairs extracted from broken teeth reveal the infamous cats preyed on more than just humans

A member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry shares her perspective on how she and others are trying to expand the nomination pool for the famed awards

New insights on what stimulates long-lived antibody production could spur better vaccines

Research suggests swings in Pacific Ocean can account for planet’s sudden and perplexing temperature jump

Atom-thin sheets of carbon are finding applications not just in consumer electronics, but cars, concrete, and brain implants