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Bones of 15,800-year-old puppy push confirmed origin of our canine companions back nearly 5000 years

A prior infection may create lasting, beneficial evolutionary change in these hardy microbes

“Falcon” and “Eagle” will monitor changing clouds and map critical minerals

The PCAST roster contains few academics and women

A new study probes consciousness with models that simulate and classify brain activity. A neuroscientist behind the work explains its ambitions

Spacecraft would release helicopters to explore martian surface

A pair of studies illuminates these humans’ long, hardscrabble existence

Given autonomous control of other software, programs shared private medical details and deleted files without permission

At least 56 cultural sites have been damaged since strikes began in February—but internet blackouts and academic isolation are obscuring the true toll

Structures on python scales could inspire chemical-free antimicrobial designs

Blue Ghost data suggest NASA’s growing commercial Moon program can deliver results

In spite of synergies, physicists worry both fields are being sidelined in favor of AI

GDF15, which is thought to contribute to nausea during pregnancy, may keep our drinking in check, researchers propose

Fabricated platforms at an Australian wastewater lagoon soak up water pollution and methane

From the viability of waterless life to how researchers should handle cosmic emergencies, astronomer Wendy Freedman weighs in on the new sci-fi film

New study argues Monte Verde is far younger than once thought, challenging when people arrived in the Americas

Researchers re-create key aspects of long-lived wild relative, which could make rice fields longer lasting

Mouna Maroun’s stewardship highlights the promise—and perils—of reconciliation through science

Find explains how volcanic ash plumes spark lightning and why dust in grain silos can explode

Tiny capsules can deliver healthy organelles into animals with Parkinson’s-like and other mitochondria-linked disorders