For the first time, there’s a special prize for an AI-generated dance

Paleontologists use drones and brightly colored lichen to search for fossils in the Canadian Badlands

Tides and glacial earthquakes caused record ice loss at Hektoria Glacier

New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs

Study shows the influx allowed U.S. programs to expand enrollment and also benefited local businesses

Horizon Europe’s push for free inquiry clashes with Egypt’s human rights record, critics say

Scientists finally solve mystery of ammolite’s brilliant reds, greens, and blues

Study finds fresh evidence for Nanotyrannus, a dinosaur whose existence has long been debated

Researchers dismayed by the targeting of Preventing Chronic Disease’s editorial staff

Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts

Advance in Fischer-Tropsch process could make coal-to-liquid plants cleaner

Researchers are competing to make “virtual cells” that could transform biomedicine by predicting gene activity and more

Study is first to suggest our closest relatives think about their own thoughts

Ridglan Farms has agreed to stop selling beagles for scientific studies, leaving just one major U.S. supplier

Volunteers who swallowed disease-causing bacteria were less likely to get sick after an oral vaccine

Study hints at a deeper intelligence—and a need for enrichment in captivity

Data are needed to study how social media spreads misinformation and influences elections, scientists say

Experimental patches on meat, fruits, and vegetables can destroy up to 99.9% of bacteria

Universities aren’t training the specialists needed to exploit the country’s rich resources

Ocean planets could arise from rocks reacting with thick hydrogen atmospheres, lab experiments show

Synthetic cocktail of llama and alpaca “nanobodies” protected mice from venoms of 17 snakes

Teaching chatbots to say “I don’t know” could curb hallucinations. It could also break AI’s business model

U.S.-Chinese tensions have left nearly complete observatory in limbo, jeopardizing research into pulsars and other celestial objects

Latest version of Biosecure Act could raise costs for academic biology labs in an effort to prevent theft of Americans’ health data