Trump policy denying renewals to Title 42 staff could still threaten in-house research program

Surveys find attendees of Washington, D.C., protest are discouraged and angry after the Trump administration’s firings and spending cuts

More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

Increased ocean acidity could reduce populations of phytoplankton more than previously thought

Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction

Fetal and infant brains offer clues to when human experience begins

Key vote on controversial legislation could come within weeks

New analyses identify the victors—and unfortunate losers—in ancient fortress skirmish

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The internationally sourced metal may have helped a predemocratic tyrant rise to power

A Science investigation finds no sign that members of a key CDC vaccine committee are compromised

Scientists and their supporters rallied across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration

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In trio of studies, scientists explore life in the mysterious hadal zone

New commerce secretary tells advisers to federal statistical agencies that their mission has been “fulfilled”

Temporary ruling brings relief, but could be followed by a new wave of firings

Science has identified more than two dozen halted grants amid Trump’s transgender crackdown, right as NIH suspends its own researchers who worked on topic

Even common species have become much less abundant in just 20 years, a large analysis reveals

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Tackling a touchy subject, genetic detective finds only 1% of European children have unexpected paternity

Stanford health economist Jay Bhattacharya says he’s open to new studies of debunked link between vaccines and autism

Injunction allows universities to keep receiving billions to recover costs of supporting federal research on campus

Decision is a victory for organizations that provide humanitarian assistance, but its impact is unclear

At least some early hominins leapt from stone to bone technology some 1.5 million years ago

Analysis suggests our planet’s oxygen levels rose surprisingly early

Risks and benefits of mirror life, AI, synthetic cells debated at anniversary of the landmark 1975 meeting

Findings contradict researchers’ own beliefs about how they would cite accused peers

Detachable heads of marionettelike figures may have swiveled on a string more than 2000 years ago

The “brutal” loss of billions of dollars shows Africa should no longer depend on foreign donors, researchers say

Expiration dates help biologists trace the building of some avian homes back in history—in one case to 1991

China, Canada, and Mexico are major suppliers of essential scientific items

Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions

Birth of rodent with coat genetically modified to resemble the extinct species raises big ethical and conservation concerns

Geneticist abruptly announced his resignation over the weekend

Reinstatements follow scientist’s testimony on how Office of Personnel Management overrode science agency’s decision to retain probationary workers

Innovative trial designs aim to separate participant expectations from drug effects

Trump policy blocking required notices has frozen reviews of thousands of grants

Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats

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

Stamp-size devices running machine learning models are tackling agricultural, health, and conservation problems in resource-poor regions

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

A better education could explain the improvement in longevity

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

Mice modified to have “human” version of a protein made more complex squeaks