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This glass wafer could back up your phone—and last 10,000 years
Laser-written patterns on glass could store data for millennia at a time
Musical chairs leadership shake-up planned for science agencies
CDC acting Director Jim O’Neill to be nominated to lead NSF while NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya does double duty at CDC
Highly destructive mussel has started to invade the Amazon
After ravaging waterways across South America, the fast-spreading species threatens a biodiversity stronghold
Squashed skulls found in China belong to first known East Asians
Revised dating of enigmatic Yunxian skulls pushes their age back 800,000 years, challenges idea of Denisovan ancestry
Giant viruses hijack their hosts’ protein factories
Researchers identify a complex that hands mimivirus control of protein synthesis in infected amoebae
If AI discovers a drug, who gets the money?
Two intellectual property lawyers on why questions of AI inventorship and profit remain wide open
How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?
New measurements could help predict pollinators’ ability to withstand climate change
A plant ‘vaccine’ takes on corn rootworm, a fearsome pest
Inoculating soil with pink microbes could help reduce the use of toxic insecticides.
Another NIH institute loses its director
Health department declines to renew Lindsey Criswell, head of arthritis institute, to another 5-year term
These scientists saw a future in public service—until Trump’s ‘massacre’ hit
Last year’s mass firings of “probationary” federal workers sent researchers’ lives into turmoil
EPA sidesteps science in repeal of U.S. greenhouse gas rules
Agency’s attempt to overturn 2009 “endangerment finding” appears headed for Supreme Court
NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review
Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored
Can science build a better working dog?
New approaches could put talented canines into the hands of more people with disabilities
Politics and war complicate global effort to study changes to Earth’s poles
As preparations for the fifth International Polar Year kick off, organizers grapple with U.S. climate skepticism and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Boosting origin of life theory, RNA comes close to copying itself
Some RNA molecules can create their own mirror images, suggesting similar molecules could have sparked life
A vanishing star births a black hole—without the fireworks
Failed supernova candidate points to a stealthy pathway of stellar collapse
India has big plans to remove silt from rivers, alarming scientists
Dredging and mining sediments increases flood risks and threatens infrastructure, researchers say
Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
Pre-Incans collected seabird poop from remote islands to use as fertilizer
Guano-based agriculture became highly prized in the Inca empire
Japan’s election result could bring a research funding boost
Landslide win by Liberal Democratic Party clears path for targeted R&D spending plan
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