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05-01-26 (18:54)   Deep-sea earthquakes fuel huge plankton blooms in Antarctica
02-01-26 (22:40)   As deep-sea mining race ramps up, mission will assess whether ecosystems recover afterward
01-01-26 (18:23)   Blood-cleansing method faces its first test as cancer vaccine
31-12-25 (01:23)   After legal deal, NIH to review grant proposals frozen, denied, or withdrawn because of Trump directives
30-12-25 (21:23)   Is 'open science' delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
30-12-25 (17:23)   Science's favorite news visuals of 2025
29-12-25 (22:09)   Firing of neuroscience institute chief adds to NIH's leadership vacuum
29-12-25 (18:09)   Watch tiny plankton 'surf' ocean currents
29-12-25 (17:09)   Chemicals in million-year-old fossils reveal animals' lives in detail
29-12-25 (16:09)   The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know
26-12-25 (17:54)   Science editors pick 2025's stories that stood out
24-12-25 (18:23)   Five things to know about NSF's new rules on merit review
24-12-25 (00:09)   Two ancient humans, including famed 'Iceman,' had cancer-causing virus
24-12-25 (00:09)   NIH official resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
23-12-25 (23:09)   Life in Europa's ocean could feed on rocks' radioactive decay
23-12-25 (23:09)   NIH leader resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
23-12-25 (22:09)   Roots of milk drinking revealed by South Asian genomes
23-12-25 (20:09)   Replicas of the uterine lining reveal drugs that may boost pregnancy success
23-12-25 (03:09)   Kennedy 'deeply committed to ending animal experimentation'
23-12-25 (00:09)   This fish seems to use its bizarre skull like a drum
22-12-25 (22:09)   Watch these raindrops turn into rolling 'sandballs'
22-12-25 (20:09)   Sun's gravitational lens could reveal alien planets' surfaces
22-12-25 (18:09)   Deer urine glows like holiday lights in the breeding season
22-12-25 (17:09)   Will NIH's new director reform his agency—or destroy it?
19-12-25 (22:54)   Private donors pledge $1 billion to CERN for future atom smasher
19-12-25 (21:54)   U.S. senator asks Science to provide its coronavirus manuscripts, emails
19-12-25 (21:54)   A simple policy corrected pervasive gender imbalance in Ph.D. awards at Dutch university
19-12-25 (18:54)   AI may upend online studies critical to social science
19-12-25 (18:54)   Bell Labs 2.0? Silicon Valley bets on science with no strings attached
19-12-25 (17:54)   When creating images, AI keeps remixing the same 12 stock photo clichés
19-12-25 (16:54)   To reduce science's carbon footprint, researchers in France reinvent work practices
19-12-25 (00:54)   CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
18-12-25 (20:54)   Science's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
18-12-25 (20:54)   Why are women more likely to get irritable bowel syndrome? New study provides clues
18-12-25 (20:54)   Our favorite science news stories of 2025
18-12-25 (00:40)   Trump administration moves to break up leading U.S. climate and weather center
17-12-25 (23:40)   Misconduct sleuth wins $2.63 million from major cancer institute in $15 million settlement
17-12-25 (22:40)   New NASA administrator takes over after a year of scientific loss—and survival
17-12-25 (22:40)   Ancient tectonic plates are oozing along Earth's core
17-12-25 (20:40)   Why have so many different eyes evolved? Gamelike simulation could provide answers
17-12-25 (19:40)   Chile's new president could shake up nation's science community
17-12-25 (19:40)   Titan might not have an ocean after all
17-12-25 (18:40)   New materials could supercharge computer memory chips
17-12-25 (03:40)   Fired NIH institute head sues Trump administration
17-12-25 (00:40)   Martian cities could be built from ice
16-12-25 (00:40)   Hack reveals reviewer identities for huge AI conference
15-12-25 (22:40)   Seafloor telecom cable transformed into giant earthquake detector
15-12-25 (22:40)   NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
15-12-25 (14:40)   New antibiotics for gonorrhea could help beat back drug-resistant infections
12-12-25 (21:23)   NIH's proposed caps on open-access publishing fees roil scientific community
11-12-25 (23:23)   Congress imposes new security restrictions on U.S. researchers
11-12-25 (22:23)   Heat-seeking beetles drawn to plants that glow in infrared
11-12-25 (21:23)   Want to sway an election? Here's how much fake online accounts cost
11-12-25 (21:23)   NASA telescope will hunt down 'city killer' asteroids
11-12-25 (01:09)   A new preprint server welcomes papers written and reviewed by AI
11-12-25 (00:09)   U.S. military funds AI tools to speed modeling of viral outbreaks
10-12-25 (22:09)   Replenishing sapped groundwater could trigger small earthquakes
10-12-25 (00:09)   The first patients have been helped by cancer-fighting cells made directly in their bodies
09-12-25 (19:09)   What an FDA veteran thinks a controversial vaccine email gets right—and wrong
09-12-25 (18:09)   Cosmic neutrinos' kink could help explain origins of the elusive particles
08-12-25 (23:54)   Can adding light sensors to nerve cells switch off pain, epilepsy, and other disorders?
08-12-25 (20:54)   The strongest spiderweb on Earth is spun only by females
08-12-25 (20:54)   Warm, humid 'atmospheric rivers' threaten Antarctica
05-12-25 (19:40)   Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing 'serious ethical concerns'
04-12-25 (23:23)   What's the fuss about aluminum in vaccines?
04-12-25 (20:23)   100 years on, quantum mechanics is redefining reality—with us at the center
04-12-25 (18:23)   'Incredible' carved canoe dates back to first settlement of islands near New Zealand
04-12-25 (17:23)   Medieval volcano may have indirectly sparked Europe's Black Death
03-12-25 (20:23)   Watch this tiny robot somersault through the air like an insect
03-12-25 (20:23)   To boost research, states are building their own AI-ready supercomputers
03-12-25 (18:23)   Satellite fleets pose problems for space telescopes, too
02-12-25 (23:09)   As Energy Department prioritizes AI and fusion, basic research faces squeeze
02-12-25 (22:09)   Brain's 'plumbing' inspires new Alzheimer's strategies—and controversial surgeries
01-12-25 (21:09)   Seeking greater independence, Europe boosts space agency budget
01-12-25 (18:09)   How some treatments can lead to a 'functional cure' for HIV
29-11-25 (16:54)   'Game changer': System to track small animals from space takes flight—again
28-11-25 (21:40)   Antiviral drug abandoned by pharma shows promise against dengue
26-11-25 (20:23)   Artificial 'nose' tells people when certain smells are present
26-11-25 (19:23)   'Superarm' helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
26-11-25 (19:23)   Russia's plan for 'colossal' science spending boost faces skepticism
26-11-25 (19:23)   Plan to alter Argentina's glacier protection law faces criticism
26-11-25 (19:23)   NIH shake-up to grant decision-making sparks concern over political meddling
26-11-25 (17:23)   A puzzling, 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot belonged to a contemporary of the famed Lucy
26-11-25 (17:23)   Who built a mysterious ancient city in western China?
26-11-25 (01:23)   Love practically makes these birds go blind
25-11-25 (23:23)   Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
24-11-25 (22:23)   Popular obesity drug fails in hotly anticipated Alzheimer's trials
24-11-25 (20:23)   New vapor tool fights mosquitoes by slowly releasing insecticide in homes. Will it catch on?
22-11-25 (00:09)   Can a smaller U.S. National Academies remain relevant?
21-11-25 (22:09)   Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline
21-11-25 (21:09)   Airplane contrails may not be the climate villain once feared
21-11-25 (16:09)   Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
21-11-25 (00:54)   In red states, many academic researchers feel fear-and resolve
20-11-25 (20:54)   Headless bodies hint at why Europe's first farmers vanished
20-11-25 (20:54)   Pigeons sense Earth's magnetic field in an entirely new way
20-11-25 (19:54)   'This is censorship.' Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
20-11-25 (19:54)   Why does biology keep building things out of tiles?
19-11-25 (23:40)   Watch superstretchy bloodworms turn themselves inside out
19-11-25 (23:40)   Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing
19-11-25 (17:40)   Black holes may be source of Milky Way's mysterious high-energy cosmic rays