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Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
Aztec Empire sought obsidian from far and wide to make ritual jewelry and basic tools
Largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian reveals complex trade networks and ritual preferences
NIH’s key vaccine center slammed by contract cuts
Antibody and vaccine work is slowed after the National Institutes of Health loses as many as 2200 contract workers
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm
Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands
Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya
Gold standard or appalling? HHS’s $500 million vaccine bet on inactivated viruses puzzles field
Department selected universal flu vaccine work by NIH leaders without “transparency,” some scientists say
Ancient mariners used this boat to crisscross Mesopotamian canals
Sediments deposited long ago reveal the vessel’s age
Neanderthals made mysterious horse-hunting spears, new dates reveal
Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought
Watch cuttlefish communicate—with enthusiastic gestures
By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves
Bronze Age leprosy hitched rides along ancient copper and pottery trade route
4000-year-old scarred jaws in Oman hub mark oldest cases outside South Asia
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
Herring had a spawning ‘culture.’ Overfishing obliterated it
Younger generations lost their way after older fish were killed
Claim of alien life on distant world meets swift scientific pushback
“The simplest explanation is just that it’s kind of a boring planet like Neptune or Uranus”
AI predicted the next pope. Did it get it right?
Researchers use algorithms to study political factions within the Catholic Church
Dangerous fungal spores can surf the stratosphere—and survive
Airborne device captures hitchhiking species from all over the world floating many kilometers above Earth’s surface
Scientists ‘blow up’ brains 16 times their size to map neurons with superfine detail
Method—which uses a light microscope—offers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to electron microscopy
Ambitious project to revive Louisiana coastline runs aground
Politics and environmental concerns imperil plans to divert the Mississippi River to build new land
Meet a worm that can stretch like an accordion
Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length
Trump moves to tighten rules on risky research on viruses, bacteria, and toxins
Executive order on gain-of-function experiments could chill research on infectious diseases, scientists say
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