Two-billion-year-old rocks in China suggest mountain building from Earth’s first supercontinent led to a planetwide burst of erosion

New anatomical research reveals the one trick all ponies know

Women and children were executed in an elaborate prehistoric ritual

Agency acknowledges young investigators are losing out as result of multiyear funding policy imposed by White House

Jim O’Neill will need to build ties, say former agency leaders

DOE’s 21-member Office of Science Advisory Committee is well-qualified but lacks disciplinary breadth, observers say

Physicists combined human acumen and AI-assisted math to show that a doubted particle interaction is possible after all

Fast-moving cracks in tape’s adhesive layer produce shock waves that make the stuff sing as it unrolls

First-of-its-kind product raises questions about costs, access, and equity

Features of recently identified influenza D point to possible pandemic threat

Immune-stimulating cocktail could shield against diverse bacterial and viral infections

New analysis sheds light on space junk’s small, growing effects on upper atmosphere

White House push to boost nuclear power could lead to more cancer cases, some researchers say

CDC acting Director Jim O’Neill to be nominated to lead NSF while NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya does double duty at CDC

After ravaging waterways across South America, the fast-spreading species threatens a biodiversity stronghold

Revised dating of enigmatic Yunxian skulls pushes their age back 800,000 years, challenges idea of Denisovan ancestry

Laser-written patterns on glass could store data for millennia at a time

New measurements could help predict pollinators’ ability to withstand climate change

Two intellectual property lawyers on why questions of AI inventorship and profit remain wide open

Researchers identify a complex that hands mimivirus control of protein synthesis in infected amoebae

Inoculating soil with pink microbes could help reduce the use of toxic insecticides.

Health department declines to renew Lindsey Criswell, head of arthritis institute, to another 5-year term

Last year’s mass firings of “probationary” federal workers sent researchers’ lives into turmoil

Agency’s attempt to overturn 2009 “endangerment finding” appears headed for Supreme Court