Deaths have raised fears that a dangerous new microbe has emerged

USAID’s promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions in peril

Short-cut method pinpoints a galaxy apparently formed from just hydrogen and helium

“Cost efficiency” order could block travel, supplies for labs and patient care

Ultra–high-power particle pulses could boost x-ray science and laboratory astrophysics

Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

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The Amazon's Shuar nation teams up with scientists to authenticate shrunken heads, or tsantsas—and one day bring them home

New analysis of Mount Vesuvius victim supports claim that an ash cloud was the stealthy destroyer of Roman city

Genetic analysis of women who fled war-torn Syria and their descendants reveals potential genetic stress markers

Combining remote cameras with GPS tracking gives scientists powerful tool to look at early lives of these elusive animals

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

Study highlights powerful role subjective choices can play in research, though some critics urge caution about applying findings too broadly

Recruitment of Cuba’s Pedro Antonio Valdés Sosa highlights China’s move to expand foreign ties

Pause on posting notices had led to scores of canceled meetings

Barred from the country, researchers try to monitor death and destruction from afar

Ian Chapman to oversee UK Research and Innovation, which has an annual budget of £9 billion

U.N. panel meets for first time without U.S. leadership

Phosphorus leached from volcanic rocks in warm waters could have triggered reactions needed to launch biochemistry

Newly appointed head of USDA’s genetic repositories axed along with key staff

A genetic analysis reveals some Huns descended from pillagers in East Asia

Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

Spacecraft with gather and analyze infrared light in new ways to explain why our universe is “boring”

NIH is appealing loss of some lab leaders among in-house research program while bracing for the next actions from Trump administration

Temporary order blocking the change extended until a decision is handed down

Rodent and monkey facilities imperiled by Trump plan to cut overhead payments

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“Exceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned

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Thousands of U.K. “design registrations” sold to Indian academics in past 2 years, new research finds

Sodium is cheap and abundant, but the batteries can’t quite match lithium cells—so far

Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend

2023 law bars students from China and six other countries from graduate assistant and postdoc positions at state universities

Mergers may create dynamos that rev up the universe’s most energetic particles

Here’s the story behind the billions in payments to institutions with research grants that NIH wants to cut

New material that could be spread on fields locks up CO₂ in minerals

Pet dogs blink more in response to videos of other dogs blinking—new evidence of their complex communication

New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies

White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits