| 2024-05-04 |
The U.S. has a new way to mask census data in the name of privacy. How does it affect accuracy? |
Jeffrey Mervis |
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| 2024-05-04 |
What a Philippine court ruling means for transgenic Golden Rice, once hailed as a dietary breakthrough |
Dennis Normile |
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| 2024-05-04 |
Questionable firms tempt young doctors with ‘easy’ publications |
Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch |
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| 2024-05-04 |
In medieval England, leprosy bounced between humans and squirrels |
Sean Cummings |
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| 2024-05-03 |
News at a glance: Infrared telescope debuts, GM rice stumbles, and maternal mortality drops |
Science News Staff |
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| 2024-05-03 |
Cheap catalyst could help turn carbon dioxide into fuels |
Robert F. Service |
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| 2024-05-03 |
Orangutan plays doctor, heals himself |
Kermit Pattison |
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| 2024-05-03 |
A scientist is likely to win Mexico’s presidency. Not all researchers are rejoicing |
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega |
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| 2024-05-02 |
House lawmakers on both sides grill head of nonprofit that worked with Chinese virologists |
Jocelyn Kaiser |
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| 2024-05-02 |
U.S. moves to reclassify cannabis as a lower risk drug |
Phie Jacobs |
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| 2024-05-02 |
Scientists call new measures to control bird flu in cows ‘a drop in the bucket’ |
Jon CohenMartin Enserink |
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| 2024-05-02 |
Steel industry emissions are a big contributor to climate change. Can it go green? |
Warren Cornwall |
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| 2024-05-02 |
Nobel-winning neuroscientist faces scrutiny for data discrepancies in more than a dozen papers |
Holly Else |
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| 2024-05-01 |
‘Daredevil’ running could help astronauts maintain muscles in low gravity |
Darren Incorvaia |
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| 2024-05-01 |
Intricate leaf veins may be an ancient protection against hungry insects |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-05-01 |
Ancient crystals suggest early Earth had land and freshwater |
Elise Cutts |
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| 2024-05-01 |
Major budget cuts to two high-profile NIH efforts leave researchers reeling |
Jocelyn Kaiser |
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| 2024-04-30 |
Climate modelers grapple with their own carbon emissions |
Paul Voosen |
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| 2024-04-30 |
Which wild animals carry the COVID-19 virus? An ambitious U.S. project aims to find out |
Jon Cohen |
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| 2024-04-27 |
All dog noses—whether a pug’s or a bloodhound’s—are created equal |
Madeline Reinsel |
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| 2024-04-27 |
What’s in your food? A new research effort intends to find out |
Richard Schiffman |
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| 2024-04-27 |
Injectable antibody drug protects children from malaria in Mali trial |
Catherine Offord |
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| 2024-04-26 |
What is a presumed sign of life doing on a dead comet? |
Elise Cutts |
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| 2024-04-26 |
AI transcription tools ‘hallucinate,’ too |
Ananya_ |
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| 2024-04-26 |
Where do elbows and knees come from? Biologists track them back to our boneless, sharklike ancestors |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-26 |
The U.S. government is taking action to stop ‘cow flu.’ Is it too little, too late? |
Jon Cohen |
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| 2024-04-26 |
Traffic noise causes lifelong harm to baby birds |
Erik Stokstad |
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| 2024-04-26 |
News at a glance: Plants’ tree of life, conserving U.S. federal lands, and entertaining invertebrate sentience |
Science News Staff |
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| 2024-04-26 |
A gene mutation turned these fish into intrepid explorers |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-26 |
Can science find ways to ease loneliness? |
rbanffy |
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| 2024-04-25 |
Diamonds grown without extreme pressures |
Robert F. Service |
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| 2024-04-25 |
Scientists repot flowering plants’ tree of life—and find it has tangled roots |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-25 |
China set to fetch first rocks from mysterious far side of the Moon |
rbanffy |
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| 2024-04-24 |
Massive DNA study reveals mating customs of mysterious medieval horse riders |
Andrew Curry |
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| 2024-04-24 |
Sea creatures began to glow half a billion years ago |
Phie Jacobs |
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| 2024-04-24 |
NIH boosts pay for postdocs and graduate students |
Katie Langin |
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| 2024-04-24 |
U.K. visa changes imperil recruitment of scientific talent, policy experts warn |
Cathleen O’Grady |
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| 2024-04-23 |
Oldest ever ice offers glimpse of Earth before the ice ages |
rbanffy |
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| 2024-04-23 |
Bird flu in Texas: many human cases, no certainty about human to human spread? |
leashless |
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| 2024-04-22 |
Forced to eat bat feces, chimps could spread deadly viruses to humans |
Ann Gibbons |
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| 2024-04-20 |
Africa intensifies battle against mpox as ‘alarming’ outbreaks continue |
Jon Cohen |
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| 2024-04-20 |
Where did Earth’s oddball ‘quasi-moon’ come from? Scientists pinpoint famed lunar crater |
Daniel Clery |
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| 2024-04-19 |
Anonymizing research funding applications could reduce ‘prestige privilege’ |
Phie Jacobs |
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| 2024-04-19 |
Controversial wolf killing appears to help caribou, but concerns persist |
Warren Cornwall |
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| 2024-04-19 |
News at a glance: Global coral bleaching, preventing ship strikes on whales, and detecting prostate cancer |
Science News Staff |
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| 2024-04-19 |
Bacteria found in mosquito guts could help scientists fight dengue, Zika |
Catherine Offord |
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| 2024-04-18 |
Daring ‘James Bond’ mission to drill Antarctic ice cores could reveal future of sea level rise |
Christian Elliott |
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| 2024-04-18 |
Charred bones are signs of Maya ritual to erase past rulers |
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega |
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| 2024-04-18 |
Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event |
Sean Cummings |
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| 2024-04-17 |
New Initiative Aims to Bolster Funding for Scientists in War-Torn Ukraine, Science |
Foundation News ‧ Thomas Sumner |
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| 2024-04-17 |
Should researchers use AI to write papers? Group aims for community-driven standards |
Holly Else |
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| 2024-04-17 |
Plans to expand African vaccine production face steep hurdles |
Jon Cohen |
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| 2024-04-17 |
Young toads are teaching Australian lizards to avoid deadly snacks |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-16 |
Giant planets ran amok soon after Solar System’s birth |
Paul Voosen |
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| 2024-04-16 |
Researchers need ‘open’ bibliographic databases, new declaration says |
Catherine Offord |
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| 2024-04-16 |
Amid budget crunch, NASA seeks Hail Mary on Mars Sample Return |
Michael Greshko |
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| 2024-04-16 |
People with complicated pregnancies may suffer health problems, die early |
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel |
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| 2024-04-15 |
Deadly marine ‘cold spells’ could become more frequent with climate change, scientists warn |
Warren Cornwall |
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| 2024-04-13 |
Hiring ban disrupts research at Florida universities |
Jeffrey Mervis |
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| 2024-04-13 |
Brightest gamma ray burst of all time emerged from collapsing star |
Daniel Clery |
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| 2024-04-12 |
Bonobos, the ‘hippie chimps,’ might not be so mellow after all |
Phie Jacobs |
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| 2024-04-12 |
As the lakes that flamingos inhabit expand, the birds’ food supplies are rapidly shrinking |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-12 |
Universities should experiment to improve caregiver support, U.S. National Academies says |
Katie Langin |
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| 2024-04-12 |
News at a glance: Jailed conservationists freed, physics titan dies, and diversity in anatomical illustrations |
Science News Staff |
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| 2024-04-12 |
Grizzly bears were pillaging farms. Could a canine keep them away? |
Gennaro Tomma |
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| 2024-04-11 |
Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus—and help patients in need |
Jennifer Couzin-Frankel |
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| 2024-04-11 |
‘It’s really a horror.’ Bones from across Europe suggest Stone Age ritual killings |
Andrew Curry |
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| 2024-04-11 |
A university cut tenured faculty's pay. They're suing |
susiecambria |
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| 2024-04-10 |
Bacteria is the new black: Scientists create microbes that make self-dyeing textiles |
Madeline Reinsel |
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| 2024-04-10 |
Embattled Harvard honesty professor accused of plagiarism |
Cathleen O’Grady |
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| 2024-04-10 |
Giant viruses played a key role in early life, study in Yellowstone hot spring suggests |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-09 |
Efforts to support Palestinian scientists struggle with the realities of war |
Amanda Heidt |
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| 2024-04-06 |
Insect poetry, conquering rats, and more stories you might have missed this week |
Phie Jacobs |
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| 2024-04-06 |
Clearer skies may be accelerating global warming |
Paul Voosen |
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| 2024-04-06 |
NSF tests ways to improve research security without disrupting peer review |
Jeffrey Mervis |
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| 2024-04-06 |
Australian museum’s plan to cut research draws fire from scientists |
Elizabeth Finkel |
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| 2024-04-05 |
Bird flu may be spreading in cows via milking and herd transport |
Jon Cohen |
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| 2024-04-05 |
New green technology harvests energy from raindrops and humidity |
Robert F. Service |
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| 2024-04-05 |
News at a glance: Giant telescope camera complete, limits to Paxlovid benefits, and missing battlefield bones |
Science News Staff |
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| 2024-04-05 |
Was Lucy the mother of us all? |
geox |
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| 2024-04-05 |
‘Hot little things’: Island rattlesnakes are more likely to strike than their mainland kin |
Christie Wilcox |
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| 2024-04-05 |
With money running out, astronomers urge Mexico to save its giant telescope |
Gina Jiménez |
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| 2024-04-05 |
Model of ever-expanding universe confirmed by dark energy probe |
Daniel Clery |
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| 2024-04-04 |
Alaskapox virus renamed to avoid stigmatizing state and hurting tourism |
Kai Kupferschmidt |
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| 2024-04-04 |
Satellite signals can measure a forest’s moisture—and its ability to survive |
Sean Cummings |
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| 2024-04-04 |
Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage |
Bridget Alex |
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| 2024-04-04 |
Muscle cramp compound may drive deadly wasting in cancer patients |
Annie Melchor |
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| 2024-04-04 |
Messenger RNA technology shows first promise against a rare and deadly disease |
Jocelyn Kaiser |
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| 2024-04-03 |
Did grave robbers plunder battlefields? |
LastNevadan |
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| 2024-04-03 |
Global push to put natural history collections online gets major U.K. boost |
Elizabeth Pennisi |
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| 2024-04-02 |
Population tipping point could arrive by 2030 |
Tyler Santora |
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| 2024-04-02 |
U.S. dairy farm worker infected as bird flu spreads to cows in five states |
Jon Cohen |
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| 2024-04-02 |
In a bold bid to avoid open-access fees, Gates foundation says grantees must post preprints |
Jeffrey Brainard |
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| 2024-04-02 |
Just-departed head of DOE science wing discusses successes and barriers |
Adrian Cho |
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| 2024-04-02 |
How a ‘rogue’ chunk of DNA scrambled the bird family tree |
Phie Jacobs |
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| 2024-04-02 |
Rare wooden artifacts showcase the smarts of early Neanderthals |
Andrew Curry |
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| 2024-04-02 |
Utah flouts FDA with law greenlighting placental stem cell therapies |
Meredith Wadman |
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| 2024-03-30 |
Laser mapping spots ant colonies in dense forest |
Katherine Irving |
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| 2024-03-30 |
Anthropologists take up arms against ‘race science’ |
Michael Price |
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| 2024-03-30 |
Grinning robots, hyena hierarchies, and more stories you might have missed this week |
Phie Jacobs |
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