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China tops the world in artificial intelligence publications, database analysis reveals
The country also leads in patent filings and the number of AI researchers
Effort to revive New Zealand’s extinct moa stirs controversy
Suggestions that nation’s Indigenous Māori wholeheartedly back project draws criticism
Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper
Phalanx of instruments scrutinize 3I/ATLAS for clues about planet formation elsewhere in the galaxy
Exclusive: NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns
Trump executive order leads to pauses on U.S.-funded research into TB, influenza, COVID-19, and other diseases, dismaying some scientists
Mysterious pre-Islamic script from Oman finally deciphered
Cracking the main subtype of the Dhofari script could reveal “an entirely new page of the history of Arabia”
Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed cuts to agricultural research
House spending committee has taken similar position on 2026 request
Giant radar satellite set to probe Earth’s shifts and shudders
NASA and India’s $1.5 billion NISAR mission promises global time lapses of the planet’s ever-changing land and ice
U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation
Now-canceled CMB-S4 project would have searched the afterglow of the Big Bang for signs of cosmic exponential growth spurt
Genetic testing of critically ill adults can yield surprises—and reveal disparities in treatment of Black patients
Adults in the ICU often don’t know about the genetic diagnoses related to their symptoms, DNA sequencing study shows
How hydrogen-leaking ‘fairy circles’ might form
Understanding the origins of mysterious seeps could help prospectors extract natural hydrogen fuel
NIH director is replacing his top outside advisory board
Some worry new members of the long-running Advisory Committee to the Director will mirror agency chief Jay Bhattacharya’s views
Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding
Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed
Quantum computers made of individual atoms leap to the fore
After decades in the doldrums, atom-based machines could overtake rival technologies
Pterosaur died with belly full of plants—a fossil first
New discovery confirms the long-debated hypothesis that the ancient winged reptiles ate plants
Record-setting recovery of ancient protein used to identify extinct rhino relative
Scientists sequence 20-million-year-old enamel protein from teeth fossils preserved in Arctic cold
Some butterflies adapted to have second ‘heads’ that confuse predators
A new evolutionary analysis of butterflies finds “false heads” arose from the coalescence of multiple traits
Elephants gesture to signal what they want—just like us
New experiments show elephants use a wide range of movements to express their desires
AI challenge to find lost Amazonian civilizations draws critics
Scientists, ethicists, and officials worry the OpenAI-sponsored contest sidesteps archaeological norms
Democrats stage a science fair of canceled grants to show what’s been lost
Partisan fight over Trump cuts heats up as Congress works on 2026 spending bills.
Comprehensive look at U.S. children’s health finds ‘steady decline’
U.S. children are more likely to die than those in other high-income countries, a new analysis confirms
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