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Despite missing his entire upper beak, Bruce the kea is winning at life

Such prescient planning started 50,000 years earlier than thought, study finds

Children who had cerebral malaria or severe malaria anemia have lower scores on tests measuring general cognition and math achievement

White House taps physician and lawyer Erica Schwartz to lead struggling health agency

Nanoscopic rods capture particles too small for conventional filters

First Arctic trials show pumped seawater can bulk up ice, but results aren’t lasting—and may not scale

Tight supplies of precious isotope are driving new approaches to ultracold tech

Mineral grains show Colorado River filled a basin at the canyon’s head millions of years ago

Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code’s central dogma

Researchers encode the tiny hepatitis D virus in an early step toward “quantum genomics”

Ancient DNA reveals “massive” genetic shifts tied to rise of farming, wheels, and metal tools

Five-year quest to chart 47 million galaxies yields insights into mysterious “dark energy”

Approach could help reveal which migrating species are most vulnerable to wind turbines and light pollution

California program promises serious attention to an “underdog” area of research

First-of-its-kind observation suggests red harvester ants may look to smaller ants to pick off parasites

Global Fund and U.S. government plan to make injectable lenacapavir available to 3 million people by 2028

Distribution by field is also closer to the norm than last year’s class

ARPA-E’s $135 million in new funds will match its total spending from previous 12 years

Scientific jewelry picks up “forever chemicals” that can harm wildlife and humans

White House’s 2027 budget request includes $900 million for NSF to upgrade U.S. academic fleet