Found in China, 300,000-year-old digging sticks reveal a lost technology

Cells from human brain tissue have genetic hallmarks of neural progenitors, AI-aided study finds

Agency silent on funding renewal for contest that inspired creation of AIs that predicted how proteins would fold

Cognitive scientists question new Centaur model’s ability to predict human behavior

Distributed peer review enlists more researchers in the process, but some may lack expertise

For nearly 15 months, MethaneSAT helped pinpoint industrial emissions of potent greenhouse gas

Research “explosion” feeds tech that could cool data centers and slake the thirst of soldiers on the move

Edible sensors made of glowing droplets could improve food and drug monitoring

“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns

USDA research points to viruses spread by pesticide-resistant mites, indicating a worrying trend

Limited vaccine doses weren’t used strategically, WHO analysis finds

Online tool from the Research and Innovation Careers Observatory allows users to compare salary, typical career destinations, and more

Other publishers appear unscathed in recent actions

New report doesn’t rule out that SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a lab in China, but says evidence for scenario remains “speculation”

Attacks on an institution’s integrity spur more anger—and engagement—than other types of criticisms, study suggests

Built-in Sun protection might be a blueprint for surviving in space

Study finds that efforts to replace an invasive weed could spike greenhouse gas emissions in the region

Hard-won progress in improving child and maternal nutrition hangs in the balance

Network could add 20 minutes of tsunami warning at dangerous Nankai Trough

To uncover a trove of squid beaks, scientists first had to grind the fossils into dust

Moms and daughters were at the center of the family in ancient Çatalhöyük, ancient DNA and archaeological evidence suggest

Projects touching on sensitive topics such as DEI had been illegally terminated, judge found

Ruling on first class action suit reversing terminations may be expanded to entire government

Trump administration is giving building to housing department but has not said where science agency will go

Study provides first solid link between climate change and earthquake hazard

Scientists spot mitochondria traveling through “bridges” into nearby cancer cells

NASA’s JWST observatory takes picture of young, Saturn-size world that grew by sweeping up debris

Still, several populations should be considered “endangered,” new report finds

By predicting the effects of genetic variants, AlphaGenome could boost synthetic biology and the search for cancer genes

New dates for a throwing weapon found in Poland reveal it as one of the earliest of its kind

Students in the life sciences are shut out of latest cohort of 500 fellows

White House battle with Ivy League school disrupts databases and networks relied on by other universities

After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects

The grippy appendages may help engineers design robots that can navigate dense forests

Researchers used live birds to test a 50-year-old way of estimating dino speeds from fossil footprints