Dolittle Prize recognizes breakthroughs in translating “speech” of dolphins, cuttlefish, and other creatures

New study identifies thousands of new variants related to diseases

A controversial profiling of the brain’s electrical activity has shaped court decisions and bail applications

Improved editing tool inserts gene-size sequences into human genome at specific locations, broadening potential treatments

Custom CRISPR paves the way for treating genetic disorders in tailormade ways

Deep-sea rocks suggest giant waves pounded modern-day Japan 115 million years ago

Budget cuts to NIH and other health agencies a major focus of congressional hearings

Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”

Artificial “reef scent” attracts coral larvae, could be new tool for restoring critical underwater ecosystems

Genetic traces in water could help survey populations under growing threat

Alondra Nelson criticizes DOGE in taking an unprecedented step

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

Largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian reveals complex trade networks and ritual preferences

Company finds candidates that bind to tricky proteins that deliver chemical messages in and out of cells

Antibody and vaccine work is slowed after the National Institutes of Health loses as many as 2200 contract workers

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

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