Study reveals role of “fine-grained” ancestry in predicting response to painkillers, statins, and other drugs

Europe’s Solar Orbiter is helping researchers understand what causes the Sun to blast out radiation and particles

Culling limits agency’s ability to tap independent advice

A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay

After 12 years studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, MAVEN has gone perilously quiet

Measure gives agency slight boost and blocks multiyear awards and cuts to indirect costs

The island is rebounding from ice melt so fast that scientists are rethinking how Earth’s interior works

First evidence for tool use in cattle includes a skill previously seen only in humans and chimpanzees

Industry-linked studies were also more likely to focus on particular topics, suggesting these ties may be skewing the field

Thousands have penned more than one-third of a journal issue, raising conflict-of-interest concerns

Faculty members say university is overreacting to pressure from the Trump administration and Congress

Astronomers puzzle over newfound feature within the picturesque Ring nebula

Staff at the Panguana biological research station have received death threats

Technique could improve models of how ice flows, bolstering predictions of sea level rise

Polluted lakes and lab experiments highlight harms of chronic exposure to chlorpyrifos

A multimillion-dollar plan aims to undo centuries of destruction on islands made famous by Darwin

Enigmatic ‘vaults’ can be engineered to eavesdrop on RNA, aiding cancer studies and more

Terahertz instrument at Dome A, world’s driest spot, traces the faint glow of gases beyond other telescopes’ reach

Famed dino likely spent much of its life competing for food against smaller predators

Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration

Small seed “parachutes” may be causing inbreeding

Mission to Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands reveals degradation of a sea ice haven

Painting roofs white and adding screens to doors and windows is a low-cost way to increase comfort and curb malaria risk

Homo habilis, 2 million years old, was known mainly from teeth and jaw bones