Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way

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White House budget director calls the National Center for Atmospheric Research a source of “climate alarmism”

Data detectives see validation in deal with U.S. government that penalizes Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for misrepresenting data in NIH grant applications

Following Senate confirmation, billionaire Jared Isaacman will lead a diminished workforce

Thousands of earthquakes yield best picture yet of core-mantle boundary, shedding light on deep flows of viscous rock

Right-wing politician José Antonio Kast has promised to slash government spending

Ferroelectrics could bolster “flash” memory in AI data centers and autonomous robots

A reanalysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission suggests Saturn’s icy moon may lack the subsurface ocean presumed for a decade

“Powerful” method for studying evolution could help researchers understand how species developed specialized eyes

Jeanne Marrazzo says she lost her job because she spoke out against risky public health policies

Astronauts could theoretically harness frozen water on the Red Planet to construct habitats and research stations, new analysis suggests

Software bug leads to exposure of peer-review records for 10,000 papers

Dense seismic array more than 4000 kilometers long promises new views of Earth’s interior

Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

Policy to be implemented next year drew more than 900 comments, most of them critical

Two treatments for the sexually transmitted disease are expected to become available soon

But new defense bill drops or weakens some controversial proposals

Systematic price monitoring sheds light on economics of online manipulation

Pollinators’ antennae act like thermal cameras to spot self-heating plants

With an infrared eye, NEO Surveyor will target dangerous space rocks glowing in the dark

With human peer review struggling to keep pace with machine-generated science, aiXiv enlists bots to help

DARPA program could yield models of disease spread in days instead of weeks