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Chinese firm’s faster, cheaper AI language model makes a splash
DeepSeek’s open-source answer to ChatGPT is “a highly impressive display of research,” expert says
Part of ancient Britain was a woman’s world, burials reveal
2000-year-old graves suggest women wielded as much—and sometimes more—power than men in some Celtic tribes
AI could help develop cheaper, faster, and more effective snake antivenoms
“It’s really this whole change from letting the animals’ immune system do the work to now being able to do it very intentionally on the computer.”
Chief of U.S. particle physics laboratory suddenly steps down
Resignation of Lia Merminga at Fermilab leaves scientists puzzled
Departing NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli looks back at a whirlwind tenure
The biomedical research agency’s 17th director is proud of her initiatives amid tough political landscape
New Zealand’s giant birds feasted on colorful, trufflelike fungi, fossil poop reveals
The extinction of moa may have left native fungi with no way to spread their spores
Is obesity a disease? Not always, new expert report says
A more scientific definition of obesity should guide decisions about weight loss treatment, researchers argue
Gene editor may have cured infant of a deadly metabolic disorder
Result could be first success at stitching a curative gene into a chromosome’s “safe harbor,” reducing cancer and other risks
Copy cats: Kitties mirror each other’s faces to get along
The behavior—also seen in humans and other social animals—is a key to bonding
Why the ‘Ferrari of viruses’ is surging through the Northern Hemisphere
Norovirus, which causes explosive diarrhea and vomiting, may be on the rise because of an antibody-dodging variant and post–COVID-19 socializing
In sign of rising tensions, University of Michigan ends partnership with Chinese campus
Republicans in Congress had raised concerns about work with Shanghai Jiao Tong University
‘Absolutely insane.’ Dragonfly’s extreme loop-the-loops are unparalleled in nature
Insects use “crazy turning” to dry off after a cooling dip in water
Scientists reveal 1200-year-old mummies’ tattoos in stunning detail
Inked skin from the Chancay culture shows tattooing rivaled other forms of art in complexity
NIH postdocs, graduate students win union contract
Historic deal will boost researcher pay—if Congress provides funding
NASA lab and historic observatory narrowly escape LA fire damage
Workers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Mount Wilson Observatory made preparations for wildfires
U.S. Forest Service pulls plug on controversial plan to protect old growth
The Biden administration had aimed to create a nationwide approach to protecting the most mature forests from fire, disease, and logging
Over the past 2 years, Earth got hotter faster than ever before
El Niño and declining reflectivity brought a warming surge
Ancient fish fossil suggests ‘living skeletons’ evolved 460 million years ago
X-ray analysis of bony scale shows vertebrates developed ability to remodel and repair bone much earlier than thought
Energy megaproject in Chile threatens the world’s largest telescopes
Glare from proposed green hydrogen plant could degrade views of distant universe
People who can’t picture images in their ‘mind’s eye’ still represent them in their brains
Imaging study of people with aphantasia reveals differences—but not a complete deficit—in visual processing area
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