Early stumbles in pandemic response prompt new top-level agency to better handle future threats | Continue reading
Gun tests show tardigrades probably died after Israeli lander crashed on the Moon | Continue reading
RNA found in specimens from German patients shows the virus may have adapted between first and second waves | Continue reading
Monoamine oxidase A inhibitors could be repurposed as cancer treatments, new study suggests | Continue reading
New study suggests anal ventilation might one day help treat respiratory failure | Continue reading
Study suggests pollinators find the pseudopollen of at least one orchid species delicious. | Continue reading
Ocean sediments suggest both supernovae and merging neutron stars are chemical factories | Continue reading
Movement matches what general relativity would predict | Continue reading
First DNA from paleofeces show people 1000 years ago in U.S., Mexico had much more diverse gut microbes | Continue reading
Whistleblowers cite eyewitness reports, data anomalies, and outsize effects in studies, but researchers deny wrongdoing | Continue reading
After last mirror tests, giant scope will be shipped off for launch | Continue reading
Report proposes major overhaul of health systems to fight future threats | Continue reading
DNA from mouth bacteria suggest human ancestors ate diets rich in starchy plants by 600,000 years ago | Continue reading
Whistleblowers cite eyewitness reports, data anomalies, and outsize effects in studies, but researchers deny wrongdoing | Continue reading
After being challenged, research team provides more data to back its controversial hypothesis but the relevance to human health is unclear | Continue reading
Slow rise in neutrons stirs concerns about possible “criticality” accident | Continue reading
Disentangling the roots of survivors’ cognitive deficits is no easy task | Continue reading
Agency declines import permit, claiming crippled adenovirus that serves as vaccine is active in second doses | Continue reading
In 2020, the country had relatively few coronavirus deaths. Scientists need more information to figure whether this was real or a mirage | Continue reading
Thick skin of neutrons on nucleus suggests nuclear matter is relatively stiff | Continue reading
Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways | Continue reading
Researchers journey to remote Antarctic island in search of an answer | Continue reading
Energy storage companies aim to use gravity to balance fluctuations in renewable power | Continue reading
Levels of radioactive cesium aren’t concerning, but study shows how they persist in food products | Continue reading
Free reviews from nonprofit body could add to questions facing scientific publishers | Continue reading
Workers pass pheromone messages through long chains of bees | Continue reading
Flush with venture capital, TAE Technologies says it sees a path to goal of net energy production | Continue reading
New study highlights a pitfall of overly specialized language | Continue reading
A controversial theoretical analysis says the muon isn’t inexplicably magnetic after all | Continue reading
Automated matchmakers help organizers keep up with ballooning submissions | Continue reading
New study suggests bears prefer easier paths to hoofing it up hills | Continue reading
President’s infrastructure plan would boost spending at several federal research agencies | Continue reading
New study shows widest yet dispersal of Australasian DNA in the Americas | Continue reading
A growing cadre of scientists is studying insects with extraordinary lifespans and ‘reversible’ aging patterns | Continue reading
Given related studies in horses and mice, the results could have applications to human locomotion | Continue reading
Researchers propose a mechanism and a treatment for possible deadly side effect seen in at least 30 European vaccine recipients | Continue reading
Advance could create everything from furniture to solar panels with the ease of 2D printing | Continue reading
Automated matchmakers do what no human can | Continue reading
The effect could serve to map the density of the mysterious stuff in our galaxy | Continue reading
New CO2-grabbing materials and tax credits could cut emissions from fossil fuel plants | Continue reading
“Remember that you are talking to a human with real emotions,” our Letters to Young Scientists columnists write | Continue reading
Infected cats and dogs experience serious symptoms, but it’s unclear whether the virus is causing them | Continue reading
Imaging with sound could offer a less invasive way to send commands to prostheses | Continue reading
SARS-CoV-2 and its treatments may turn the normally harmless Aspergillus fungus deadly | Continue reading
Genome analyses suggesting virus persistence raise worries about stigmatization of survivors | Continue reading
Two studies indicate the social marine animals use whistles and clicks to match up | Continue reading
New dates show people worked pure ore nearly 10,000 years ago around the Great Lakes | Continue reading
New technique should allow better studies of crucial phases of mammalian development | Continue reading