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(left to right): LWM/NASA/LANDSAT/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; DAVID KELLY CROW; VINCENT JANNINK/ANP/AFP/GETTY IMAGES By Eva FrederickDec. 6, 2019 , 3:40 PM Rivers could generate thousands of…
The spaceship Rocinante arrives at the exoplanet Ilus in The Expanse. Amazon Prime Video By Stephen HumphreyDec. 6, 2019 , 8:00 AM On 13 December,…
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin After their life as research subjects, what happens to lab monkeys? Some are euthanized to complete the research, others switch to…
Biogen says its experimental drug can slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease, but the claim has divided researchers. Paul Marotta/Sipa USA/AP By Kelly ServickDec.…
Scotland formally joined England with the Acts of Union (above), following an economic depression that may have been exacerbated by volcano-induced climate cooling. Chronicle/Alamy Stock…
Satellite data could refine models that predict carbon flows, seen here peaking in northern spring. NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER By Erik StokstadDec. 5, 2019…
Bush, a cynomolgus macaque, was a research monkey at Princeton University for nearly 20 years. David Kelly Crow By David GrimmDec. 5, 2019 , 9:00…
Dutch farmers have protested a ruling that curtails the expansion of livestock operations because of the nitrogen pollution they produce. VINCENT JANNINK/ANP/AFP/GETTY IMAGES By Erik…
Humans may lack the large, pronounced facial features of our primate ancestors like Neanderthals because we have “self-domesticated.” Federico Gambarini/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images By Michael PriceDec. 4,…
A new Italian funding agency would be supervised by the Ministry of Education, University, and Research in Rome. VITO ARCOMANO/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO By Giorgia GuglielmiDec.…
Estuaries, where rivers pour freshwater into the ocean, could become giant power plants with the help of a newly made membrane. LWM/NASA/LANDSAT/Alamy Stock Photo By…
Climate models dating back to the early 1970s accurately foretold how greenhouse gases would fuel a hotter future, such as the July heat wave that…
By Chelsea Harvey, E&E News, Nathanial Gronewold, E&E NewsDec. 4, 2019 , 1:35 PM Originally published by E&E News Global carbon emissions are expected to…
By Virginia MorellDec. 3, 2019 , 7:01 PM Say “sit!” to your dog, and—if he’s a good boy—he’ll likely plant his rump on the floor.…
A Chicago, Illinois, heart failure patient gets advice about transportation options from a community health worker as part of a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute–funded project…
By Science News StaffDec. 3, 2019 , 12:00 PM On 19 December, the editors and news reporters of Science will announce their selection of the…
DARIA KIRPACH/@SALZMANART By Lizzie WadeDec. 2, 2019 , 3:00 PM Seven months ago, an archaeologist banned from his university for sexual harassment attended the annual…
Emma Jones/University of Alberta By John PickrellNov. 29, 2019 , 5:00 AM It isn’t every day that scientists dig up a dinosaur jaw—or unearth the…
Europe’s fleet of Earth-observing Sentinel satellites could grow with a big budget boost. ESA/ATG medialab By Daniel CleryNov. 28, 2019 , 11:51 AM European nations…
Monterey Bay, California Adam Reeder/Flickr The National Institutes of Health’s largest loan repayment program was conceived to help scientists pay off school debts without relying…
Oil and gas processing, as at this refinery in Russia, are copious sources of methane. SergeyVButorin/iStockPhoto By Scott Waldman, E&E NewsNov. 27, 2019 , 12:35…
The playwright Molière is revered in France, but doubts about his authorship stretch back 100 years. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images By Lizzie WadeNov.…
Europe’s 35-meter parachute in a 2018 test in Sweden. It will be the largest ever on Mars. © ESA/I. BAREL By Daniel CleryNov. 26, 2019…
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling for research funding boosts and a speedy Brexit. FRANK AUGSTEIN/POOL/REUTERS By Erik StokstadNov. 26, 2019 , 2:00 PM…
sestovic/iStock.com By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelNov. 26, 2019 , 1:40 PM Reports of lung injuries from e-cigarettes splash across the news these days, but the nicotine-delivery devices…
Izabela Habur/iStockPhoto By Kelly ServickNov. 26, 2019 , 11:30 AM Fighting addiction means navigating a minefield of memories. A drive past an old hangout, an…
Earth’s atmosphere from the International Space Station NASA By Nathaniel Gronewald, E&E NewsNov. 26, 2019 , 9:02 AM Originally published by E&E News Global emissions…
Hunt Library at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, carries scientific journals covered by a new open-access arrangement. Daderot By Jeffrey BrainardNov. 25, 2019 ,…
Two babies recovering from spina bifida surgery at Hawassa University Hospital in Ethiopia in 2015. ReachAnother By Meredith WadmanNov. 25, 2019 , 12:55 PM Tony Magana,…
An artist’s impression of the Square Kilometer Array’s radio dishes in southern Africa. It will add 133 dishes to the existing 64-dish MeerKAT array in South…
By Science News StaffNov. 25, 2019 , 9:00 AM What has been the most significant scientific development this year? Science’s reporters and editors are debating…
The new mobile lab was born out of scientists’ “frustration” about the lack of infrastructure during the West-African Ebola outbreak M. Enserink/Science By Martin EnserinkNov.…
By Adrian ChoNov. 24, 2019 , 8:00 AM Physicists have long used high-speed video to watch bubbles burst: A small hole appears in the bubble, it…
The rainforest burns in Pará, the state in Brazil with the highest deforestation rate. © Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace By Herton EscobarNov. 22, 2019 , 4:40 PM…
Weather forecasters fear interference from 5G communications network could interfere with data collected by satellites, such as the orbiter that produced this image. National Oceanic…
A World Mosquito Program staff member releases Wolbachia mosquitoes in Brazil. World Mosquito Program By Kelly ServickNov. 22, 2019 , 3:10 PM NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND—In a…
(Left to right): TIMOTHY EVANS/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; STEPHAN SCHMITZ/FOLIO ART; SCRATCHART/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Eva FrederickNov. 22, 2019 , 3:05 PM Ultrasensitive protein method lets scientists ID…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mapped the sea floor in the Central Pacific Basin, including a 4200-meter-high mount called Kahalewai. NOAA Office of Ocean…
Cao Xuetao VCG/Getty Images By Dennis NormileNov. 22, 2019 , 2:35 PM One of China’s most prominent scientists is facing a barrage of questions about…
By Meagan CantwellNov. 22, 2019 , 1:30 PM An all-black team of archaeologists explains its approach to unearthing the day-to-day lives of enslaved Africans at…
Barry Myers DIANE BONDAREFF/AP IMAGES FOR ACCUWEATHER By Rob Hotakainen, E&E NewsNov. 21, 2019 , 3:25 PM Originally published by E&E News Barry Myers, the…
Martin Lewinson/Flickr You may have seen the aftermath of a landslide, driving along a twisty mountain road—a scattering of rocks and scree impinging on the…
By Charles PillerNov. 21, 2019 , 2:00 PM Joshua Bauml, a University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) oncologist, received welcome news last year: He had won a…
The horns that dung beetles sport on their bodies rely on genes that encode wings to develop. ©Alexander Wild By Erica TennenhouseNov. 21, 2019 ,…
Europe’s Earth return orbiter must track and snare the orbiting sample sphere. © ESA/ATG MEDIALAB By Daniel Clery, Paul VoosenNov. 21, 2019 , 12:40 PM…
Researchers helped pigeons with broken wings fly again using surgical pins made of sheep and dog bone. ScratchArt/shutterstock.com By Eva FrederickNov. 21, 2019 , 11:50…
Scientists have developed a new method for extracting proteins from a single, 1-centimeter-long piece of hair. Timothy Evans/Alamy Stock Photo By Eva FrederickNov. 21, 2019…
A homeowner inspects the damage done earlier this month by one of Australia’s many wildfires. WILLIAM WEST/AFP/GETTY IMAGES By John PickrellNov. 20, 2019 , 4:30…
A serving of golden rice contains half the beta-carotene children need daily. ISAGANI SERRANO/CPS/IRRI PHOTO/FLICKR/CC BY-NC-SA By Erik StokstadNov. 20, 2019 , 3:00 PM Soon.…
STEPHEN VOSS/REDUX By Tania RabesandratanaNov. 20, 2019 , 12:25 PM For many people, the most apparent effect of the European privacy law called the General…
By Katherine KorneiNov. 20, 2019 , 10:45 AM TAROKO NATIONAL PARK, TAIWAN—The frequent crackle of tumbling rocks overhead is unnerving, especially when you’re picking your…
By Jeffrey MervisNov. 19, 2019 , 5:00 PM The university administrators who have long advocated for a standard grant application process across the U.S. government…
A protester hurls a lit Molotov cocktail at the police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, where demonstrations escalated in recent days. Kyodo via…
A landslide in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, tore toward Niemeyer Avenue in February and April, damaging a roadside bicycle lane that runs between Rio’s Leblon and…
By Jeffrey MervisNov. 18, 2019 , 10:30 AM The #MeToo movement has focused attention on an ugly tradition in higher education: having faculty members found…
Robert Klein is finalizing a ballot initiative that asks California voters to re-fund the state’s stem cell agency. MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images…
Readers logging in remotely to journal websites complain it’s often confusing and time-consuming. PeopleImages/IStock.com By Jeffrey BrainardNov. 15, 2019 , 4:10 PM For a scientist working on…
A biological clock governs aging in dogs just as in humans. Sergey Ryumin/Getty Images By Virginia MorellNov. 15, 2019 , 3:42 PM Our Scotch collie,…
(left to right): JULIA ROBINSON; SECOND BAY STUDIOS; LIQUID ROBOTICS By Eva FrederickNov. 15, 2019 , 1:10 PM A love of insects and their microbial…
Some researchers believe a nematode native to Asia is causing a deadly disease in American beech trees. USDA/ARS/ELECTRON & CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY UNIT/LYNN CARTA/GARY BAUCHAN/CHRIS POOLEY/MYCOLOGY…
Shannon Hall The Polarstern research vessel will spend 1 year locked in an Arctic ice floe. Aboard the ship and on the nearby ice, researchers…
A submerged “glider” captures wave energy to tow a craft that can collect data from seafloor beacons. LIQUID ROBOTICS By Paul VoosenNov. 14, 2019 ,…
By Elizabeth PennisiNov. 14, 2019 , 2:00 PM Nancy Moran has found clues to evolution in some unlikely places. Some 20 years ago, living in…
This simple alga is the land plants’ closest relative. By Elizabeth PennisiNov. 14, 2019 , 11:00 AM A gelatinous blob on top of a wet stone…
Even locked in the ice, the Polarstern produces light, noise, and emissions that could affect many studies. Shannon Hall By Shannon HallNov. 13, 2019 ,…
Polymer microparticles release vitamins and minerals when they encounter the stomach’s acidic environment. Second Bay Studios By Robert F. ServiceNov. 13, 2019 , 2:45 PM…
By Robert F. ServiceNov. 13, 2019 , 2:25 PM Forget light sabers. Researchers on Earth have invented something far flashier: a Star Wars-like 3D display…
These viruses, known as phages, can infect a toxic gut microbe that makes alcoholic liver disease more severe Bernd Schnabl Lab/UCSD By Eva FrederickNov. 13,…
Proteins from this Gigantopithecus blacki jaw reveal how the mysterious ape relates to modern primates. Wei Wang By Gretchen VogelNov. 13, 2019 , 1:00 PM…
Enceladus is the only Solar System body with long, “tiger stripe” geysers. NASA/ESA/JPL/SSI/Cassini Imaging Team By Adam MannNov. 13, 2019 , 12:30 PM Researchers say…
Lindsay_Helms/iStock.com By Eva FrederickNov. 12, 2019 , 7:01 PM Listen to a high-pitched note like the sound of a whistle and you’re likely to imagine…
By David MalakoffNov. 12, 2019 , 5:45 PM Critics are blasting a revised Trump administration plan to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broad…
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has mapped the entire sky and found a faint, unexplained excess of gamma rays (inset) coming from around the center…
By Sid PerkinsNov. 12, 2019 , 4:30 PM Researchers have identified what they’re calling the “last ice area,” a 2000-kilometer stretch of ocean northwest of…
Researchers believe films of U-carbon consist of stacks of undulating layers, tiled with six- or 12-atom rings and bound together by covalent bonds. ISTOCK.COM/RED_SPY By…
Bo Wang By Stephenie LivingstonNov. 11, 2019 , 3:00 PM An ancient beetle that nibbled a flower and got trapped in amber for nearly 100…
eichinger Julien/iStock.com By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 11, 2019 , 1:30 PM The U.S. National Institutes of Health last week released a draft policy that will require…
Senator Charles Schumer (D–NY) unveiled his artificial intelligence plan last week at a meeting of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. Alex Wong/Getty Images By…
(Left to right): M. CANTWELL/SCIENCE; OTICKI/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM; CHRISTOPHERBERNARD/ISTOCK.COM By Eva FrederickNov. 8, 2019 , 4:20 PM Caribbean excavation offers intimate look at the lives of enslaved…
The U.S. government says in a lawsuit that Gilead, the maker of the anti-HIV drug Truvada, owes the U.S. public royalty money. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli…
feathercollector/Shutterstock.com By Jake BuehlerNov. 8, 2019 , 8:00 AM Tetrodotoxin, the chemical weapon of choice for pufferfish, is such a potent neurotoxin that a single…
Meagan Cantwell Most historical accounts of slavery were written by colonists and planters. Researchers are now using the tools of archaeology to learn more about…
Design Cells/iStock.com By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 7, 2019 , 2:40 PM For the first time, a state judge has forced a public genealogy site, GEDMatch, to…
Medieval church rules against marrying close relatives broke down strict, long-standing kinship structures, paving the way for a more individualistic modern Western society. PRISMA ARCHIVO/Alamy…
T cells (purple) pounce on a cancer cell (yellow), a behavior stimulated by a new drug. KATERYNA KON/Science Source By Mitch LeslieNov. 7, 2019 ,…
Many people from the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East settled in the city of Rome, with its famous Forum, during the imperial period. ISTOCK.COM/MUSTANG_79 By…
This pewter spoon was found beneath the ruins of the home of enslaved Africans at Estate Little Princess on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin…
This mother in the Philippines, where no dengue vaccine is now used, is taking the temperature of her hospitalized son as he recovers from the…
A collage of 50 lionfish photos that contained manipulated images was “published in error,” Biology Letters says. O. LÖNNSTEDT ET AL., BIOLOGY LETTERS 10, 10.1098/CC-BY…
A nurse administers a measles vaccine in Hadera, Israel, in May. AMIR LEVY/CONTRIBUTOR/GETTY IMAGES By Kai KupferschmidtNov. 6, 2019 , 1:15 PM Yehuda Shoenfeld is…
A February rally outside of the Texas Capitol of Austin, organized by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, called on legislators to approve a…
Punishing your dog to discourage bad behavior could make them more stressed and “pessimistic,” a new study finds. ChristopherBernard/iStock.com By Eva FrederickNov. 6, 2019 ,…
By Robert F. ServiceNov. 6, 2019 , 10:40 AM To feed more than 7 billion hungry souls, humanity relies on the century-old Haber-Bosch process to…
Ahamed Miflah Hussain Ismail By Erica TennenhouseNov. 5, 2019 , 7:01 PM Live in the urban jungle long enough, and you might start to see…
Until August Antonello Bonci directed the intramural research program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, housed in this Baltimore, Maryland, building. National Institutes of Health/National…
An independent report offers a strategy for U.K. researchers after Brexit. Mdbeckwith/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA By Erik StokstadNov. 5, 2019 , 1:55 PM When it comes…
By Kelly Servick, Dennis NormileNov. 5, 2019 , 10:00 AM A Chinese biotech startup has startled neuroscientists and drug developers with a new plant-based compound…
Enhancing a gene to increase the growth of corn plants leads to larger harvests. oticki/shutterstock.com By Erik StokstadNov. 4, 2019 , 5:55 PM Supporters of…
A Brazilian volunteer cleans oil at a beach in Lauro de Freitas in Bahia state on 2 November. Small blobs have now reached Abrolhos Bank, home to…
President Donald Trump is moving forward with his plan to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate pact. Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 By Jean…
A woman with an Alzheimer’s-causing mutation and lots of beta-amyloid buildup in her brain (red, above) remained cognitively healthy for decades. Aaron Schultz By Kelly…
Stephen Hahn MD Anderson Cancer Center By Kelly ServickNov. 1, 2019 , 4:50 PM President Donald Trump today announced his intent to nominate oncologist and…
G. Luo et al., Advanced Materials (2019) 1904631 By Ian RandallNov. 1, 2019 , 4:30 PM 3D-printed tissues and organs could revolutionize transplants, drug screens,…
Meyerhoff scholars from as far back as the start of the program in 1989 gathered in Baltimore, Maryland, this spring to celebrate the program’s 30th anniversary. Jim…
By Dalmeet Singh ChawlaNov. 1, 2019 , 4:00 PM In a move likely to attract criticism, a peer-reviewed journal has agreed to publish an Italian…
(left to right): © CHRIS BENNETT/EVOLVING PICTURE; CORY RICHARDS/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; JOEL SARTORE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK By Eva FrederickNov. 1, 2019 , 2:20 PM…
Dario Gil with IBM’s System One quantum computer. Misha Friedman/Getty Images By Jeffrey MervisNov. 1, 2019 , 2:10 PM The President’s Council of Advisors on…
By Marc Heller, E&E NewsNov. 1, 2019 , 12:10 PM Originally published by E&E News The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) yesterday announced the final…
L. Brian Stauffer By Jake BuehlerNov. 1, 2019 , 11:50 AM After a forest fire, it doesn’t take long for bonfire scalycap (Pholiota highlandensis), a…
The Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona is one of the facilities that will be managed by a new organization created by the National Science Foundation.…
CDC/Alissa Eckert Measles is a dangerous infection that can kill. As many as 100,000 people die from the disease each year. For those who survive…
A grid of photodiodes, implanted in the eye of a person with macular degeneration, is one of several devices under development to restore vision. Pixium…
By Edd GentOct. 31, 2019 , 2:15 PM A giant supernova and a tiny gas explosion on Earth may not seem like they have much…
Measles virus (blue) targets B cells, responsible for immune “memory.” NIBSC/SCIENCE SOURCE By Eva FrederickOct. 31, 2019 , 2:00 PM One of the most contagious…
By Eva FrederickOct. 31, 2019 , 11:00 AM Vampire bats are known for their bloodthirsty cravings, but a new study suggests the mammals have a…
A price cut of a powerful drug that prevents tuberculosis could help thwart disease in some of the 10 million people, such as this man…
A U.S. Department of Energy initiative could refurbish existing supercomputers, turning them into high-performance artificial intelligence machines. U.S. Department of Energy By Robert F. ServiceOct. 30,…
Elena Shnayder/Russian Raptor Research and Conservation Network By Eva FrederickOct. 30, 2019 , 2:30 PM Thirteen eagles migrating south from Russia and Kazakhstan racked up…
By Jean Chemnick, E&E NewsOct. 30, 2019 , 2:10 PM Originally published by E&E News Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced this morning that Chile would…
Researchers endured bitter winds to collect the ancient ice in 2015. Yuzhen Yan By Paul VoosenOct. 30, 2019 , 2:00 PM In some ways, drilling…
A human lung tumor Moredun Scientific/Science Source By Jocelyn KaiserOct. 30, 2019 , 2:00 PM Cancer researchers are making progress toward a goal that has…
Chao-Yang Wang/Pennsylvania State University By Robert F. ServiceOct. 30, 2019 , 12:05 PM Tesla and other car companies are selling a record number of electric…
Sudip Parikh DIA Global By Jeffrey MervisOct. 30, 2019 , 10:30 AM Sudip Parikh has helped shape U.S. science policy as a staffer on a…
African people, including some with Khoisan ancestry, contributed DNA samples used to develop a gene chip. CORY RICHARDS/National Geographic Image Collection By Erik StokstadOct. 30,…
JOEL SARTORE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK By Erica TennenhouseOct. 29, 2019 , 7:01 PM Moles don’t walk like any other animal. A new study finds the…
The main trench at Camp Century in Greenland led to an underground military base, where scientists drilled into the ice. Pictorial Parade/Staff/Getty Images By Paul…
Students forced their way into the administrative offices of the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 3 October, demanding to speak to university President Rocky…
JTSorrell/iStock.com By Jeffrey MervisOct. 29, 2019 , 12:55 PM You’ll need an invitation to attend, but on 5 November the White House Office of Science…
2I/Borisov, seen by the Hubble telescope, has brightened as it approaches the Sun. NASA/ESA/D. Jewitt (UCLA) By W. Wayt GibbsOct. 29, 2019 , 12:40 PM…
AJ Garcia/Unsplash By Ian RandallOct. 29, 2019 , 11:35 AM When life gives you pineapples—and hundreds of millions of tons of pineapple waste—what do you…
The National Science Foundation’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia Maria Barnes/National Science Foundation By Jeffrey MervisOct. 28, 2019 , 3:05 PM It’s been 1 year since…
Some geothermal lakes in northern Ethiopia’s Rift Valley are too inhospitable to life. Puri Lopez By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 28, 2019 , 12:00 PM There’s life…
The location of a proposed homeland for the maternal ancestors of living humans in what is now the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, and their routes…
(left to right): HHMI Tangled Bank Studios; © RMO; SERGEY PONOMAREV By Eva FrederickOct. 25, 2019 , 2:55 PM How life blossomed after the dinosaurs…
Nikada/iStock.com By Kai KupferschmidtOct. 25, 2019 , 2:40 PM Oktoberfest is impressive by any count: More than 6 million visitors descend on Munich, Germany, for…
In a press release, Christof Sohn (right) promoted a questionable breast cancer blood test as “revolutionary.” Heidelberg University By Hinnerk Feldwisch-DrentrupOct. 25, 2019 , 11:05…
Researchers have uncovered genes clearly linked to schizophrenia, a severe psychiatric illness that involves a distorted sense of reality. Ikon Images/Getty Images Plus By Jocelyn…
Alberto Fernández Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo By Lindzi WesselOct. 25, 2019 , 9:00 AM Thousands of Argentine scientists are hoping the man expected to be the…
A chimpanzee munches on a watermelon at Chimp Haven. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images By David GrimmOct. 24, 2019 , 5:55…
Predicting genetically complex traits from the DNA of cells taken from an IVF embryo (above) isn’t easy. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO By Jocelyn…
Earthworms are easy … to find. But despite their prevalence and importance to ecosystems around the world, there hasn’t been a comprehensive survey of earthworm…
When health risk prediction algorithms focus on cost rather than illness, racial bias can creep in, researchers found. Hero Images/Getty Images By Michael PriceOct. 24,…
The tropics are home to huge earthworms, but a new study suggests they host fewer species. Iñigo Virto By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 24, 2019 , 2:00…
By Gabriel PopkinOct. 24, 2019 , 2:00 PM It’s been a remarkable year for ecologist Thomas Crowther—for better and worse. The 33-year-old researcher, an assistant…
Raccoon-size Loxolophus and other mammals evolved surprisingly quickly after the end-Cretaceous extinction. HHMI Tangled Bank Studios By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 24, 2019 , 2:00 PM In 2014, when…
The European Space Agency wants to partner with NASA on a mission to Uranus (left) and Neptune, last visited by Voyager 2 in the 1980s.…
A new $200 million collaboration aims to speed development of genetic cures for sickled cells (above) and, separately, HIV infection. Science Picture Co/Science Source By…
By Stephenie LivingstonOct. 23, 2019 , 3:15 PM It’s not unusual to see a fly effortlessly stick an upside-down landing on a ceiling, but exactly…
The flu virus (above) has frustrated scientists with its constant shapeshifting, eluding many vaccines and drugs. James Cavallini/Science Source By Kai KupferschmidtOct. 23, 2019 ,…
Gut microbes affect the function of nerve cells (green) important for overcoming fear responses. Christopher Parkhurst and David Artis (WCM) By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 23, 2019…
ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser By Daniel CleryOct. 23, 2019 , 1:00 PM Some of the heavier elements in the periodic table are created when pairs of neutron…
Students shaped stone tools at an all-female field camp run by the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where they also workshopped a code…
Avery Krieger By Kelly ServickOct. 23, 2019 , 12:05 PM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—By harnessing the power of imagination, researchers have nearly doubled the speed at which…
U.K. investigators at the site where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a Novichok agent in March 2018. Andrew Matthews/Press Association via…
Two new projects reanalyzing clinical trial data aim to encourage transparency in clinical research. Davide Bonazzi/Salzman Art By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelOct. 23, 2019 , 9:00 AM Concerned…
Google researchers in Santa Barbara, California, say their advance may lead to near-term applications of quantum computers. iStock.com/JHVEPhoto By Adrian ChoOct. 23, 2019 , 5:40…
Sean McMahon/Yale University By Sid PerkinsOct. 22, 2019 , 7:01 PM The mysterious “Tully Monster,” a 15-centimeter-long, stalk-eyed creature (artist’s concept above) that swarmed the seas…
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Pascua By Sid PerkinsOct. 22, 2019 , 5:35 PM The Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru is known for its marvelous…
Olorofim, now in phase II trials, has shown promise against Lomentospora prolificans (above), a fungus that mostly infects patients with weakened immune systems. David Ellis…
Kazuhisa Tsuboki By Dennis NormileOct. 22, 2019 , 4:45 PM Typhoon Hagibis, which pummeled Japan earlier this month and caused widespread flooding that killed at…
U.K. science minister Chris Skidmore says a new U.K. funding agency, modeled after the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, would have minimal bureaucracy. David…
The White House The White House By Jeffrey MervisOct. 22, 2019 , 12:50 PM Thirty-three months after taking office, President Donald Trump has chosen a…
A local resident inspects a fissure in the earth after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake near Ridgecrest, California, in July. Mario Tama/Getty Images By Paul VoosenOct. 22,…
A Moscow couple considering having a second child shares a genetic mutation that guarantees any son or daughter will have hearing loss. Sergey Ponomarev By…
By Jon CohenOct. 21, 2019 , 6:40 PM This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Earlier this month, Denis Rebrikov went to an old…
Archaeologists reconstructed how Neanderthals manufactured sticky tar from birch bark 50,000 years ago. Neanderthals may have used the tar to attach stone points to wooden…
[embedded content] By Eva FrederickOct. 21, 2019 , 11:25 AM When it comes to choosing a mate, female white bellbirds won’t settle for just any…
JEFFREY KERBY/Nat Geo Image Collection By Paul VoosenOct. 21, 2019 , 11:00 AM The Arctic permafrost, frozen soil that is chock full of carbon, is…
A new way to modify DNA, “prime editor” couples two enzymes, Cas9 (blue) and reverse transcriptase (red), to a guide RNA (green) that takes the complex…
In 2016, Braden Scott (right) developed acute flaccid myelitis, a paralyzing condition researchers have linked to a relatively common viral infection. David J. Phillip/AP Photo…
Tashpolat Tiyip (left) receives an honorary degree for his work on arid ecosystems ecology from the Sorbonne in Paris in November 2008. Nury Tiyip By…
An artist’s conception of the sauropod Camarasaurus. Dorling Kindersley/Science Source By John PickrellOct. 10, 2019 , 2:15 AM BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA —Typically taller than four elephants…
Mila Makovec (right) has had fewer seizures since she began to receive a drug tailored to the mutation that causes her brain disease. Julie Afflerbaugh…
A man blinded by trachoma pauses in Laikala, Tanzania. The disorder is caused by a bacterial infection that scars the eyelid. Joe McNally/Getty Images By…
Administrators at the National Institutes of Health’s Building One in Bethesda, Maryland, say they want more female and minority applicants for the prestigious “high risk,…
The NenuFAR array in France will look for radio signals from hot Jupiters, exoplanets that orbit their star closely. © LAURENT DENIS/STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE…
Stephen Thomas (center) is a researcher at the University of Maryland in College Park who helps train barbers to be health advocates for their customers.…
Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images By Science News StaffOct. 9, 2019 , 6:20 AM You probably have evidence of a Nobel Prize in your pocket. This year’s…
Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images By Science News StaffOct. 9, 2019 , 6:20 AM The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to chemists who developed…
By Gretchen VogelOct. 8, 2019 , 10:15 PM In the bowels of Yale University’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, Jasmina Wiemann yanks open a drawer…
A male Kirtland’s warbler sings its song. G. Ronald Austing/Science Source By Michael Doyle, E&E NewsOct. 8, 2019 , 2:25 PM Originally published by E&E…
Eyal Bartov/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 8, 2019 , 2:15 PM There’s no better way to eat a fresh tomato than by adding a…
Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images By Science News StaffOct. 8, 2019 , 6:08 AM The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for…
AI-equipped rovers could offer psychologists a new—and highly malleable—model of the brain. William Hahn/Florida Atlantic University By Kelly ServickOct. 7, 2019 , 4:15 PM WASHINGTON,…
Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Oct. 7, 2019 , 6:00 AM The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for their…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab has been roiled by controversy. ES Tech Archive/Alamy Stock Photo By Meredith WadmanOct. 4, 2019 , 5:15 PM The…
(Left to right) : DAVIDE BONAZZI/SALZMANART; Gallery of Space Time Travel/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic; NOBEASTSOFIERCE/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Eva FrederickOct. 4, 2019 , 4:10 PM…
DOE’s annual budget for fiscal 2020 could approach $40 billion — a nearly 25% increase from when Perry took the helm in fiscal 2017. That’s…
Malte Mueller/Getty Images By Jocelyn KaiserOct. 4, 2019 , 3:15 PM The Human Genome Project’s completion in 2003 brought hope that geneticists would soon uncover…
A section of papyrus is imaged in a mobile laboratory in Italy’s national library in Naples. K. Fleischer By Eva FrederickOct. 4, 2019 , 2:00…
hdagli/iStockPhoto By Eva FrederickOct. 4, 2019 , 11:20 AM Yellow is usually the color of happy, joyful emotions. But according to a new study, not…
Jim Brendon/Flickr Host Sarah Crespi talks with undergraduate student Micheal Munson from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about a smartphone app that scans photos in…
Hideki Umehata By Adrian ChoOct. 3, 2019 , 2:20 PM According to the prevailing theory of cosmology, every galaxy lies embedded in a vast network…
By Erik StokstadOct. 3, 2019 , 1:10 PM On 23 June 2016, 34 million U.K. citizens took to the polls to vote on a simple,…
New results suggest sugars bind to certain RNAs, but just why remains unclear. nobeastsofierce/shutterstock.com By Robert F. ServiceOct. 2, 2019 , 5:55 PM Sugar isn’t…
At the European Research and Innovation Days, participants sat down to “codesign” Horizon Europe. European Commission By Tania RabesandratanaOct. 2, 2019 , 1:45 PM BRUSSLES—”We…
A female Anopheles gambiae mosquito—a species that carries the malaria parasite in Africa. The Natural History Museum, London/Science Source By Meredith WadmanOct. 2, 2019 ,…
Modifying a gene in this tiny fruit fly revealed how the monarch butterfly it’s crawling on thrives on a poisonous plant. Julianne Pelaez By Elizabeth…
© Archeodunum SAS/Gourvennec Michaël By Ann GibbonsOct. 2, 2019 , 5:00 AM In the 14th century, the Black Death wiped out as much as 60%…