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A scientist is likely to win Mexico’s presidency. Not all researchers are rejoicing
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would be first researcher to lead the country, but critics worry she’ll be as hostile to science as her predecessor
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Cheap catalyst could help turn carbon dioxide into fuels
Molybdenum compound offers an efficient way to make carbon monoxide—a building block of chemicals and fuels
Orangutan plays doctor, heals himself
Ape applies a known medicinal plant to his wound
House lawmakers on both sides grill head of nonprofit that worked with Chinese virologists
Republicans who allege Chinese studies sparked COVID-19 pandemic call for U.S. funding ban for Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance
U.S. moves to reclassify cannabis as a lower risk drug
Historic policy shift will make it easier for scientists to investigate potential medical uses
Scientists call new measures to control bird flu in cows ‘a drop in the bucket’
As restrictions take effect, new data show virus is pervasive in herds
Steel industry emissions are a big contributor to climate change. Can it go green?
Department of Energy funds research to take carbon out of iron and steel production
Nobel-winning neuroscientist faces scrutiny for data discrepancies in more than a dozen papers
Thomas Südhof says mistakes in co-authored publications are honest errors that don’t affect studies' conclusions
‘Daredevil’ running could help astronauts maintain muscles in low gravity
Inspired by carnival motorbike attractions, the technique could simulate Earth-like gravity on the Moon
Intricate leaf veins may be an ancient protection against hungry insects
Study of fossil and modern leaves shows leaf networks are better equipped to survive trauma when they have loops
Ancient crystals suggest early Earth had land and freshwater
Hardy zircon minerals found in Australian rocks suggest conditions for life existed 4 billion years ago
Major budget cuts to two high-profile NIH efforts leave researchers reeling
Drop in 21st Century Cures Act funding will slow BRAIN and All of Us projects
Climate modelers grapple with their own carbon emissions
Next round of international climate simulations will seek to curb excess energy use for computation
Which wild animals carry the COVID-19 virus? An ambitious U.S. project aims to find out
Scientists test bighorn sheep, bears, moose, rats, and dozens of other species to track how SARS-CoV-2 moves between humans and wildlife
Injectable antibody drug protects children from malaria in Mali trial
One dose prevented infection and disease for 6 months—but hurdles to introduction remain
What is a presumed sign of life doing on a dead comet?
Touted as a “biosignature” on an alien planet, dimethyl sulfide also seems to arise in banal ways
All dog noses—whether a pug’s or a bloodhound’s—are created equal
A new study suggests temperament and training are what make some domestic dogs supersniffers
AI transcription tools ‘hallucinate,’ too
Study finds surprisingly harmful fabrications in OpenAI’s speech-to-text algorithm
What’s in your food? A new research effort intends to find out
The Periodic Table of Food aims to detail molecular contents of food crops and animals
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