Trump’s 57% proposed cut to agency would drop grant success rates to 7% and gut education and training

Researchers decry agency’s decision just as new leads reinvigorate search for long-sought vaccine

Proposal would end nearly all new major science missions

Halt to foreign “subawards” disrupts ongoing global studies and has researchers scrambling to fulfill ethical obligations to trial volunteers

References to phantom studies comes after White House pledge to practice “gold standard” science

New system yields sharp views of the Sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere

Halogen bulbs more reliably catch deer’s attention, but whether the animals flee or freeze comes down to individual temperament

Unusual setup shows how the animals get their bearings in deep ocean

Researchers have long debated the risks posed by low levels of ionizing radiation

Despite 50 Nobelists and 75,000 alumni, NSF’s graduate research fellows could be a vanishing breed

Scientists find DNA from an enigmatic bacterium in 1000-year-old skeletons

With clinical trials imminent, hopes are rising high for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation

Leinweber Foundation donation will help fund postdocs and graduate students at multiple institutions

Astronomers are puzzled by the silence over an instrument that could briefly reign as world’s biggest

Advanced training lets a four-legged robot learn to move around the court with ease

Study traces mysterious strain of white-nose disease to visits between American and European cavers

In Lesotho and Eswatini, treatment and prevention cutbacks are hitting pregnant women, children, and teens especially hard

A new study of the insects’ genomes traces their success back to early civilization

Critics worry new executive order allows political appointees to determine how science is used in policy decisions

Scientists warn that chronic underfunding and diverting support away from fundamental research may undermine efforts to boost the economy

Study pushes back human use of whale bones more than 1000 years

Under proposed policy, updated shots would be limited to at-risk populations

Filters like those used in desalination plants hold promise of separating gasoline components from crude oil

Crustaceans may use unique reflectors to signal mates or scare off predators

The target, flying in a rare quasi-satellite orbit, could be a piece of the Moon

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