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After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired
Two leaders removed by Trump administration had hoped to stay at agency as in-house investigators
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes
The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy
Climate research organization cuts dozens of jobs
Coalition that runs premier climate modeling center faces rising costs and budget uncertainty
Made to order bioweapon? AI-designed toxins slip through safety checks used by companies selling genes
Researchers expose flaws in safeguards intended to block rogue actors from making bioweapons
Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds
Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease
New radioactive isotope therapies promise more targeted attacks on cancer
Recent clinical successes, and profits, have prompted a rush among pharma companies to try new isotopes and targeting strategies
China launches ambitious collaboration to map primate brains—including ours
25-year plan will tap brain-mapping prowess in two dozen countries to visualize the organ in unprecedented detail
Ancient DNA from horses slaughtered by Neanderthals sheds light on equine evolution
300,000-year-old genes are oldest ever recovered from open-air site
Wildfire smoke is charring your wine. This microbe could help
Bacteria already living on grapes can break down smoky chemicals that wreck flavor
AI reveals vast ‘ghost forests’ along U.S. coast
Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas
Prehistoric camel art pointed to precious water sources in the Arabian Desert
Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago
‘Thrilled’ Indonesian scientists celebrate return of fossil trove from the Netherlands
The items to be returned, which include Java Man, were collected during the colonial era
AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings
China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum
Nationalist narrative holds that Austronesian language and culture originated in China, not Taiwan
U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown
Political impasse to hobble research agencies—and perhaps enable layoffs
Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare
Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects
How AIs responded to the 2024 U.S. presidential election—in real time
First-of-its-kind study captures how AI models’ behavior evolved through the campaign season
Canada’s Supreme Court will decide fate of ostrich flock hit by bird flu
Farmers and supporters—including RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz—urge government to spare birds that survived H5N1 outbreak
Paleolithic painters had the blues
Two recent studies shine light on the earliest known artistic usages of blue pigment
Mysterious will-o’-the-wisps ignited by microlightning
Electrical discharge from microscopic bubbles offers a new explanation for fleeting flames of folklore
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