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Iron at Earth’s heart may take a surprising form

X-ray experiments reveal cubic crystals that could complicate the picture of the inner core

Europe’s summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 people in urban areas

Researchers estimate climate change is responsible for two-thirds of the deaths

First human death linked to recently discovered livestock virus in Europe

Scientists stress need for further study of Shamonda virus but say there’s no cause for alarm

Meet the former FBI agent behind NIH’s targeting of Chinese scientists

Tam Dao, who investigated foreign attempts to obtain U.S.-funded research, now has a grant to determine the extent of…

Two top NSF officials are leaving. In an agency under Trump’s thumb, it may not matter

Brian Stone and Rebecca Keiser are leaving as unofficial head and chief of staff

With blood test looming, government puts $41 million into clinical trials to ward off Alzheimer’s disease

Funding from Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will expand testing of supplements and approved drugs to…

Inside the science of the ‘robo ump’ revolutionizing baseball

With high-speed cameras and a “pitch cannon,” researchers are refining the automated ball-strike system about to call…

Biologist David Sabatini wins $6 million in defamation lawsuit

A jury ruled in favor of the former Whitehead Institute scientist, dismissing accuser’s claims of sexual harassment and…

Archaeology fight reopens wounds over peopling of the Americas

Challenge to age of Monte Verde site, key evidence for early arrival of humans, draws furious response

As Ebola epidemic rages, Congo bets on high-stakes ‘hope’ vaccine trial

Study will first test a “mismatched” vaccine, but Bundibugyo-specific shots may be added as early as next month

This ‘glue gun ant’ fires sticky webs at its enemies

Lordomyrma azumai has repurposed its venom gland as a web slinger

Could your chatbot tip off a scientific rival? It’s possible, researchers say

Experts offer tips for keeping sensitive research private

Department of Justice to fund studies of gender dysphoria and violent behavior

Experts worry the proposed research could produce biased results

This lizard’s ‘great escape’ was frozen in amber for 99 million years

A tiny fossil tail offers the first “irrefutable” proof of a dropped tail

The 2010 <em>Deepwater Horizon</em> oil spill devastated deep-sea life—and it hasn’t recovered

A 13-year study shows how sensitive deep-sea animals are to disturbance, scientists say

<cite>Science</cite>’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest is open again

Botox was born by domesticating a killer bacterium

Genome analysis shows how decades of lab cultivation turned C. botulinum, the canned food killer, into a potent tool…

USDA scientists get reprieve from lab closures, but for how long?

Judge says Congress must decide whether to extend a pause on reorganization and relocations

Bonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the Inca

The South American empire lasted longer, and met more resistance, than scholars thought

Can predictive tools tell us who will really benefit from antidepressants?

Amid a U.S. push for “deprescribing,” researchers are finding new ways to match patients to their optimal treatment

NSF backs choice of new Antarctic contractor despite concerns by government watchdog and researchers

Agency says it has “resolved” questions about KBR winning an $8 billion contract

Mountaintop microwave observatory will peer into the infant universe

The Simons Observatory in Chile will will hunt for galaxy clusters and signs of cosmic inflation

Coral can heal rapidly from bleaching—if it touches a clone

Algal transfusion allows damaged coral to repopulate in as little as 4 weeks

For women academics, feeling devalued can be a fatal career blow

Thousands shared their stories for a new study of faculty attrition

This year’s ‘super’ El Niño could wreak ecological havoc worldwide

Ecologists are mobilizing to save threatened species and track ecosystems’ responses to record heat

AI edges closer to solving the Riemann hypothesis, one of math’s hardest problems

Huge OpenAI release contains “exciting” progress on a puzzle about prime numbers

OpenAI just changed math forever. Exactly how, no one yet knows

Dump of 722 AI-generated papers has mathematicians wondering: Has their field been decimated or invigorated?

Trump takes credit for a new ‘golden age’ of U.S. science

Industry heavyweights receive first national science medals awarded by the president

Russian ornithologist sentenced to prison for anticorruption donation

Sofya Rozenfeld, an expert on Arctic waterfowl, paid the equivalent of just $27 to a proscribed organization founded by…

Honey bees inject venom with a two-stroke stinger

Unlike other poisonous animals, bees use a strange set of pistons to pump toxin

Did an AI or a human write that paper? New detector decides by examining its ideas

Algorithm looks for clues about a paper’s origin that text-based detectors miss

Problems in 22 scientific fields had solutions hiding in plain sight. An AI has found them

Teams led by physicist used “BootLoops” software to produce 36 papers in weeks on everything from linguistics to health…

U.S. crop genome sequencing gets $180 million boost

Department of Agriculture will expand effort to describe genetics of seed banks

Department of Energy expands ‘Genesis Mission’ to boost AI, awarding larger grants

Department will also initiate new fellowship program to shorten path to Ph.D.

Major employer of archaeologists shuts down, leaving workers in the lurch

The “ungraceful exit” of Chronicle Heritage leaves many researchers fearful for the future

NIH revives network to study emerging diseases—but its new restrictions baffle scientists

Ban on hunting for new viruses in wildlife is at odds with program’s mission, researchers say