Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya

Department selected universal flu vaccine work by NIH leaders without “transparency,” some scientists say

Sediments deposited long ago reveal the vessel’s age

Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought

By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves

Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Younger generations lost their way after older fish were killed

“The simplest explanation is just that it’s kind of a boring planet like Neptune or Uranus”

4000-year-old scarred jaws in Oman hub mark oldest cases outside South Asia

Researchers use algorithms to study political factions within the Catholic Church

Politics and environmental concerns imperil plans to divert the Mississippi River to build new land

Airborne device captures hitchhiking species from all over the world floating many kilometers above Earth’s surface

Method—which uses a light microscope—offers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to electron microscopy

Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length

Executive order on gain-of-function experiments could chill research on infectious diseases, scientists say

Internal emails from 2021 reveal tensions among researchers hunting for elusive Majorana particle

Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”

New campaign, Choose Science for Europe, aims to recruit talent from countries where science is under siege

2500-year-old hallucinogenic rituals may have allowed Chavín de Huántar elites to gain prestige and influence

Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists

Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

Critics say the report, which declines to disclose its authors, contradicts decades of scientific research

Courts have blocked attempts by NIH and DOE to impose a flat 15% rate for reimbursement

Phenomenon behind heavy element creation has been a mystery for 2 decades

Dissolving skeletons would boost oceans’ ability to soak up carbon dioxide

Advocates of animal research fear decision will lead to harassment of scientists and others who oversee such studies

A cocktail of antibodies from snake enthusiast Tim Friede protected mice from many deadly venoms—but some say the study has ethical issues

As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s

The one-of-a-kind initiative offered support from high school to postdoctoral levels

Fights over research spending and pending court rulings loom large

Fresh radiocarbon data challenge archaeologists’ assumptions about North America’s Indigenous history

Helsinki chemist’s food-themed frolic wins overall honors as other awards recognize physics laser raps, swaying leaf cells, and collective dancing takeovers

As evidence accrues of complex socially transmitted behaviors in animals, biologists are figuring out how to use these data in conservation

Spending panel wants his policies reversed—but it may not have sufficient clout to succeed

Ethics experts raise concerns over consent, study design

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences

The scientific workforce, biomedical research, and global health initiatives all face widespread, perhaps permanent damage