Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission

Science speaks with conservation scientist Kent Redford about why microbes need protection from extinction—and how to achieve it

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

Preprint reporting common ground among researchers on smartphones and teen mental health is premature and flawed, critics say

Exotic materials with bizarre electron behavior could pave the road to revolutionary technologies

New study of a pathogen’s Bronze Age spread challenges longstanding links between disease and early agriculture

Reports of false negatives spur World Health Organization to issue internal memo, but the company denies problems

Devices that mimic giant acoustic cameras can spy animal burrows, explosive mines, and metallic deposits

Personal care products may chemically alter the air around us. Whether that’s good or bad remains unclear

Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders

New metric identifying “persistently disruptive” papers offers a “bright spot” amid signs of declining innovation

Closing of programs that fought neglected diseases imperils drug donation and distribution efforts in 26 countries

Jay Bhattacharya says he disagrees with firings, supports minority health studies

Michael Kratsios says DEI has led to a loss of public trust in universities

AI models suggest the true limits of the "butterfly effect" remain unknown

Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities

Dolittle Prize recognizes breakthroughs in translating “speech” of dolphins, cuttlefish, and other creatures

Deep-sea rocks suggest giant waves pounded modern-day Japan 115 million years ago

New study identifies thousands of new variants related to diseases

A controversial profiling of the brain’s electrical activity has shaped court decisions and bail applications

Improved editing tool inserts gene-size sequences into human genome at specific locations, broadening potential treatments

Custom CRISPR paves the way for treating genetic disorders in tailormade ways

Budget cuts to NIH and other health agencies a major focus of congressional hearings

Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”

Artificial “reef scent” attracts coral larvae, could be new tool for restoring critical underwater ecosystems

Genetic traces in water could help survey populations under growing threat

Alondra Nelson criticizes DOGE in taking an unprecedented step

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

Company finds candidates that bind to tricky proteins that deliver chemical messages in and out of cells

Largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian reveals complex trade networks and ritual preferences

Antibody and vaccine work is slowed after the National Institutes of Health loses as many as 2200 contract workers

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya

Department selected universal flu vaccine work by NIH leaders without “transparency,” some scientists say

Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality

Sediments deposited long ago reveal the vessel’s age

Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought

By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund