Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg

Despite bearing remarkably far-flung genetic origins, a girl and young man were buried just like their peers

Worried about regional security, bloc pushes forward on controversial “dual-use” approach

Unlike people, these nest-building insects pull harder in teams

White Coat Waste Project files complaint over government employee’s emails claiming it incited harassment against Nicole Kleinstreuer

Big brute 5 billion light-years from Earth is 36 billion times as massive as the Sun

Scientists warn $1 billion push for “implementation science” spurred by promise of lenacapavir will hurt research on new treatments and vaccines

Researchers worried by plan giving political appointees more control over where funding goes

Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

Foreign aid cuts are expected to cause a rise in malaria cases and deaths across sub-Saharan Africa

DNA analysis of more than 15,500 people with the debilitating condition identifies eight tentative “genetic signals”

The metal is depleted in brains of people with disease and can reverse memory symptoms in mice, new study shows

Farming and draft animals didn’t stratify societies in Carpathian Basin

Researchers now know why the caged bird dances: a form of mentally enriching play

Steve Gschmeissner’s electron microscope image of liver cholesterol won a Wellcome Photography Prize this year

Federal judge to hear arguments relating to preliminary injunction to restore funding for other UC grants

Other publishing proposals would scrap reimbursements or pay peer reviewers, unprecedented steps for a major government funder

A former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics rebuts reason why president fired the agency’s leader

In first human test, genetically modified pancreas cells injected into patient’s arm evade immune attack, produce insulin

Discovery of a bacterium could reveal more about massive die-off, perhaps aid recovery

Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

A surge in AI-generated text has been detected in papers across many disciplines since the release of ChatGPT

Technique could provide cheap fertilizer and prevent harmful nutrient runoff

Plan to revamp research and merge environment and energy ministries sparks concern