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"Mind-blowing" Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Two hours of sleep restored without clearing brain plaques
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: overactive immune cells in the brain. By temporarily removing these cells, researchers restored more than two hours of sleep per day in mice, revealing a promising new target for treatment.
Daily briefing: How to rebuild science from ruin
Cortex-wide imaging in naturally behaving mice with 1-gram wireless mesoscopes
Lessons from Katrina: how to rebuild academia from the ground up
Why failure is a taboo topic in science
How to compare and strengthen research systems
Author Correction: Long-read sequencing reveals pre-meiotic gene conversion in sperm
Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be
Experienced researchers ‘disrupt’ less than rookie scientists — but their ideas last
‘Fiercely stubborn’: the US scientists continuing their research amid funding cuts
Climate scientists face deluge of public-records requests about fossil-fuel studies
How pregnancy reshapes the brain throughout life
Microdosing LSD shows some cognitive benefits — but only for women
US government probe into postdoc visas worries scientists
Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking
Light and mirrors move large quantum computers closer to reality
Toxic chemicals in fentanyl revealed by speedy technique
Chaperone-mediated autophagy curbs senescence
This lizard’s ‘great escape’ was frozen in amber for 99 million years
A tiny fossil tail offers the first “irrefutable” proof of a dropped tail
The 2010 <em>Deepwater Horizon</em> oil spill devastated deep-sea life—and it hasn’t recovered
A 13-year study shows how sensitive deep-sea animals are to disturbance, scientists say