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‘Penguin’ decays from CERN’s latest Large Hadron Collider experiment hint at weird new physics

It's not clear why the National Science Foundation may be limiting funding to certain U.S. universities

The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe

Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong position’ to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Eight of the top 10 officials at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office

Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives

Digital distractions can undermine our focus, but research suggests that our inherent capacity to pay attention hasn’t diminished

Some clinicians are pushing to broaden testosterone use, but there is debate about its benefits and risks

Mini models of the uterus lining give insight into mystery of how it is shed without scarring

Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled

Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship

A new analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies—and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods—such as octopuses and squid—have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20 percent.

Representatives of more than 50 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week at what was billed as the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels. A panel of scientists will be advising them

Members of the National Science Board, which the U.S. Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination

Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence

Researchers filmed 10 species eating or scavenging bats at a known Marburg-virus hotspot—and caught hundreds of humans visiting

This year’s winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions

Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after this U.S. funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half

A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs

Scientists are exposing the biological information hidden in ancient parchments without leaving a mark

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviors