Fewer papers are reporting findings on the border of statistical significance, a potential marker of dodgy research practices

Data gaps come as Arctic sea ice shrinks to near-record lows

Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom

Scientists are figuring out where “downscaled” climate models struggle—and how they can be improved

Data from the All of Us program confirm what many geneticists have long promoted

Scientists film nematodes forming a superorganism in the wild for the first time

Despite poor conditions, Indigenous growers used innovative techniques to grow large crops of corn, beans, and squash

Gates Foundation grant enables cash-strapped body to create unit seeking to bridge gap between mathematicians and math educators

But overall, machine learning approach closely matches what human scholars had long suspected about ancient documents

Continent faces a shortage of doses and distribution challenges

The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population

Muon is just as magnetic as predicted, requiring no new theory to explain

Technology could be a boon for science, but raises ethical concerns

Plan for slashed units and mission to be presented at governor’s meeting next week

CDC takes a bigger hit than expected; support for international HIV, malaria, TB, and vaccine efforts zeroed out

Study highlights just how flexible cephalopod’s bodies are after injury and during recovery

Tiny wing scales suggest the proboscis evolved 100 million years before flowers

Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region

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

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

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

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

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