Ditching ghrelin genes may have helped a wide variety of reptiles deal with a boom-or-bust feeding schedule

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle decry disruptions to biomedical research under Jay Bhattacharya

Shed from the surfaces of astrocytes, “zombosomes” flit between cells, carrying proteins linked to disease

Recent winter storm traced the path of an emerging ice corridor

The shots fell short during a massive outbreak on a French island. A new vaccine may be safer

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, king of congressional earmarks, steers $165 million to his alma maters

Vast undersea eruptions may be undercounted source of extinctions through Earth’s history

Amid travel bans, a government shutdown, and funding crunches, 2025 was a turbulent year for U.S. scientific societies

Research council to slash funding for particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy by 30%, prompting alarm across the research community

Trains may be transporting cobras and other venomous snakes to new parts of the country

With sea ice dwindling, the massive predators are relying more on land-based food sources such as reindeer

Shields and biological countermeasures could help protect astronauts during prolonged missions beyond Earth's magnetic bubble

Long-overlooked Kepler signal discovered by citizen scientists reveals promising world worth a closer look

512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close

Science chats with an ecologist about the advantages of using discarded carcasses for research

Blue manakins in Brazil use “disruptive camouflage” to protect their eggs, new study finds

But lawmakers reject Trump’s call for deeper downsizing and boost applied and medical research

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

Light pollution from green hydrogen plant would have threatened world’s largest telescopes

Branches sharpened 400,000 years ago shine light on humans’ early toolmaking

Deep beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will monitor the planet’s interior and the movement of Antarctic ice

Waves of molten rock could be confounding observations of atmospheres on distant planets

Dead cat led to discovery, but officials stress no further spread of H5N1 has been detected

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