Science chats with health economist Shailender Swaminathan about how compact EEGs could reveal the impact of culture and environment on the brain

Letter to key House Democrat follows declarations by scientists at NIH, EPA, and NASA

Footage of massive Myanmar temblor provides the first video evidence of earthquake ruptures

New method places inactivated viruses directly into mice’s gums

Experiment shows octopuses feel body ownership, a trait previously seen only in mammals

Ability may help treehoppers distinguish friend from foe

Cheap catalyst could improve global access to costly green fuel

Small star could crash into red supergiant in the next 10,000 years

Some critics of the new policy say the cap could hinder researchers in need of funding

Proposed changes to avert huge cuts in reimbursement get pushback at town hall

Researchers find that certain genetic variants and mother’s age may have an impact on the sex of her children

Radio telescopes usually have giant dishes, but not these all-sky antenna arrays

Republicans promise to work with Democrats to salvage defeated amendment

Move will have a chilling effect and further isolate the country from the global scientific community, researchers say

After 11 deaths, Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean became a center for shark attack science

In 3 years, system embedded in Android phones sent warnings to millions of users in 98 countries

Starting in 2028, the EU’s flagship research program will have a new focus on boosting European competitiveness

Strategies for preserving the heart after circulation stops could avoid ethical concerns and enable more transplants

New study of long-standing problem takes novel approach, asking cited authors to evaluate accuracy

The golden oyster mushroom has gone rogue, displacing native fungi that live in dead trees

New line of dolls aims to help children with type 1 diabetes feel more included

Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits

Overlooked rock samples from 640 million years ago record microbes hanging on beneath frozen oceans

Verification of 50 years of data bolsters immunology research, but identifies “suspicious” papers that don’t hold up