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

The xenotransplant, from a gene-edited pig, had survived for nearly 9 months in Tim Andrews

Decision comes after disclosure of university letter concluding Hoau-Yan Wang did not engage in misconduct

Ending Palmer lease is one of many belt-tightening moves amid budget uncertainty

Stunning hunting behaviour captured in German cave

Acoustic technique could make it easier to monitor threat to marine life stemming from rising carbon emissions

Hormone-sensitive lipase works in the nucleus to keep fat cells healthy, new study suggests

Organizers aim to tune AI to help accelerate science

After a brutal heat wave, scientists race to predict how Bering Sea snow crabs will cope with climate change

School officials defend software as bulwark against ransomware, but professors fear potential surveillance of their devices

Nobel laureate makes regulatory T cells that last longer in the body, boosting clinical hopes

Millennia before the first cities, early Mesopotamians probably harnessed tides to irrigate crops

Prophylactic use of azithromycin saves vulnerable children’s lives, but could trigger antibiotic resistance

Science chats with wildlife epidemiologist Tony Goldberg about what he’s learned from becoming a meal for parasites