China overhauls its public health bureaucracy

Early stumbles in pandemic response prompt new top-level agency to better handle future threats | Continue reading


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Hardy water bears survive bullet impacts–up to a point

Gun tests show tardigrades probably died after Israeli lander crashed on the Moon | Continue reading


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Human tissue preserved since World War I yields new clues about 1918 pandemic

RNA found in specimens from German patients shows the virus may have adapted between first and second waves | Continue reading


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An old antidepressant helps the immune system fight tumors in mice

Monoamine oxidase A inhibitors could be repurposed as cancer treatments, new study suggests | Continue reading


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Mammals Can Breathe Through Their Intestines

New study suggests anal ventilation might one day help treat respiratory failure | Continue reading


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Bees and hoverflies gobble fake pollen, benefiting both insect and plant

Study suggests pollinators find the pseudopollen of at least one orchid species delicious. | Continue reading


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Trace seabed plutonium points to stellar forges of heavy elements

Ocean sediments suggest both supernovae and merging neutron stars are chemical factories | Continue reading


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Star’s strange path around black hole proves Einstein right – again

Movement matches what general relativity would predict | Continue reading


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Ancient poop reveals ‘extinction event’ in human gut bacteria

First DNA from paleofeces show people 1000 years ago in U.S., Mexico had much more diverse gut microbes | Continue reading


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Possible Fraud in Ocean Acidification and Fish Behavior Studies

Whistleblowers cite eyewitness reports, data anomalies, and outsize effects in studies, but researchers deny wrongdoing | Continue reading


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Next stop, space: NASA Webb telescope undergoes final tests – Science – AAAS

After last mirror tests, giant scope will be shipped off for launch | Continue reading


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Panel delivers harsh verdict on the world's failure to prepare for pandemic

Report proposes major overhaul of health systems to fight future threats | Continue reading


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Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains

DNA from mouth bacteria suggest human ancestors ate diets rich in starchy plants by 600,000 years ago | Continue reading


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Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior? Fraud allegations create doubt

Whistleblowers cite eyewitness reports, data anomalies, and outsize effects in studies, but researchers deny wrongdoing | Continue reading


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Further evidence supports claim: SARS-CoV-2 genes can integrate with human DNA

After being challenged, research team provides more data to back its controversial hypothesis but the relevance to human health is unclear | Continue reading


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‘Like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Chernobyl's nuclear reactions smoldering

Slow rise in neutrons stirs concerns about possible “criticality” accident | Continue reading


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Covid-19 ‘brain fog’ inspires search for causes and treatments – Science – AAAS

Disentangling the roots of survivors’ cognitive deficits is no easy task | Continue reading


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Is Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine safe? Brazil’s veto sparks lawsuit and confusion

Agency declines import permit, claiming crippled adenovirus that serves as vaccine is active in second doses | Continue reading


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Will India’s Covid-19 surge provide data that clear up its death ‘paradox’?

In 2020, the country had relatively few coronavirus deaths. Scientists need more information to figure whether this was real or a mirage | Continue reading


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Neutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests

Thick skin of neutrons on nucleus suggests nuclear matter is relatively stiff | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Pacific Northwest forest gardens were deliberately planted by Indigenous people

Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Why did nearly a million king penguins vanish without a trace?

Researchers journey to remote Antarctic island in search of an answer | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Gravity-based batteries try to beat their chemical cousins

Energy storage companies aim to use gravity to balance fluctuations in renewable power | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Nuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decades after bomb tests

Levels of radioactive cesium aren’t concerning, but study shows how they persist in food products | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Fifteen journals to outsource peer review decisions

Free reviews from nonprofit body could add to questions facing scientific publishers | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Honey bees rally to their queen via ‘game of telephone’

Workers pass pheromone messages through long chains of bees | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

TAE Raises $280M for 'Copernicus' Demo Fusion Reactor

Flush with venture capital, TAE Technologies says it sees a path to goal of net energy production | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Want other scientists to cite you? Drop the jargon

New study highlights a pitfall of overly specialized language | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Fresh calculation of muon’s magnetism could dim hopes for new physics

A controversial theoretical analysis says the muon isn’t inexplicably magnetic after all | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

AI conferences use AI to assign papers to reviewers

Automated matchmakers help organizers keep up with ballooning submissions | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Watch grizzly bears run on treadmills–and find out why they like hiking trails

New study suggests bears prefer easier paths to hoofing it up hills | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Biden proposes $250B investment in research

President’s infrastructure plan would boost spending at several federal research agencies | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Earliest South American Migrants Had Indigenous Australian, Melanesian Ancestry

New study shows widest yet dispersal of Australasian DNA in the Americas | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

What can ants, bees, and other social insects teach us about aging?

A growing cadre of scientists is studying insects with extraordinary lifespans and ‘reversible’ aging patterns | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Rabbit walks on its hands. Scientists think they’ve found the genetic reason why

Given related studies in horses and mice, the results could have applications to human locomotion | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

A rare clotting disorder may cloud the world's hopes for AstraZeneca's vaccine

Researchers propose a mechanism and a treatment for possible deadly side effect seen in at least 30 European vaccine recipients | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Watch a simple pen turn flat drawings into 3D objects

Advance could create everything from furniture to solar panels with the ease of 2D printing | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Watch artificial intelligence grow a walking caterpillar in Minecraft

Automated matchmakers do what no human can | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Dark matter could warm the hearts of lonely old planets, scientists predict

The effect could serve to map the density of the mysterious stuff in our galaxy | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

New generation of carbon dioxide traps could make carbon capture practical

New CO2-grabbing materials and tax credits could cut emissions from fossil fuel plants | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Science relies on constructive criticism. How to keep it useful and respectful

“Remember that you are talking to a human with real emotions,” our Letters to Young Scientists columnists write | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

Major SARS-CoV-2 variant found in pets for first time

Infected cats and dogs experience serious symptoms, but it’s unclear whether the virus is causing them | Continue reading


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Ultrasound reads monkey brains, opening new way to control machines with thought

Imaging with sound could offer a less invasive way to send commands to prostheses | Continue reading


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Common fungus emerges as threat to hospitalized Covid-19 patients

SARS-CoV-2 and its treatments may turn the normally harmless Aspergillus fungus deadly | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

New Ebola outbreak likely sparked by a person infected 5 years ago

Genome analyses suggesting virus persistence raise worries about stigmatization of survivors | Continue reading


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Watch dolphins ‘talk’ to each other to synchronize their behaviors

Two studies indicate the social marine animals use whistles and clicks to match up | Continue reading


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Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths

New dates show people worked pure ore nearly 10,000 years ago around the Great Lakes | Continue reading


@sciencemag.org | 3 years ago

No uterus, no problem: Mouse embryos grown in bottles form organs and limbs

New technique should allow better studies of crucial phases of mammalian development | Continue reading


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