Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says

Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress

International networks told not to start new studies or enroll new trial participants in the country

New analysis of ancient DNA has been overshadowed by the controversy over de-extinction and genetically edited gray wolf pups

Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors

Budget plan would kill two CDC journals, while U.S. prosecutor accuses some nongovernmental publications of being “partisans”

La nacionalidad Shuar del Amazonas colabora con científicos para autentificar cabezas reducidas, o tsantsas, y algún día repatriarlas a casa

Lapse may be temporary, but draft budget plans would eliminate service

Novel computer analysis of records ascribed to legendary Chinese astrologer dates them to nearly 2400 years ago

Technical problems and budget squeeze combine to derail $92 million phased array

The resource is an expansion of the agency’s efforts to address harassment in the U.S. Antarctic Program

Will Republican-led Congress support a 44% decrease for world’s largest medical research funder?

A study suggests a distant world has gases linked on Earth to algae, but others urge caution before invoking alien slime

The approach may only work in some places, researchers say

The first clinical trials are testing inhibitors of transposons, DNA sequences that hop around the genome on their own

An analysis combining nearly 800,000 soil measurements charts threats to agriculture and human health

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Ignoring conclusions of new CDC report, HHS secretary promises “some” answers by September in research effort led by new NIH director

Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

Three years in the making, the accord aims to increase equity and avoid errors of the COVID-19 pandemic

About 120 light-years from Earth, two brown dwarfs host a planet with a surprisingly sideways orbit

Chance to test trade theories might be “the only silver lining” in chaotic policies, one says

Scientists combed the literature, synthesizing evidence of safety for busy providers

Science agency will no longer get the community’s advice on programs ranging from biology to international activities

Smaller, more easily made drugs that target GLP-1 could treat obesity and diabetes with fewer side effects

The enigmatic predator, the heaviest known invertebrate, had never been seen alive in deep water

The moves also affect a temporary work program heavily used by STEM graduates

Spending fight with Congress could force NSF to pull plug on fastest university-based machine

Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal

Kathleen Neuzil had led the Fogarty International Center for less than 1 year

After adding questions to a key survey last year, the U.S. National Science Foundation is reversing course

An overlooked “gate” governs nutrient transport to seeds and might one day boost harvests

New governing coalition also plans to woo scientists from abroad and make it easier for universities to collaborate with the military on defense research

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

Study suggests microplastics have been affecting freshwater animal communities for decades

“Bridge” programs are temporary help, officials say, but no substitute for sustained federal funding

World seen plunging into its star for the first time

In latest xenotransplant test, Towana Looney’s body rejects gene-edited organ after more than 4 months

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