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Science
Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts
Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend...
What the Golden Ratio Says About Your Bellybutton
The secret beauty in apples, stars and the center of you.
Sotheby’s to Auction a Ceratosaurus, With Millions and ...
The 150-million-year-old specimen is valued at up to $6 million by Sotheby’s. So...
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judg...
The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against minorities ...
Norma Swenson, ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Co-Author, Dies ...
She was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined the group that produce...
Texas OK’s $50 Million for Ibogaine Research
The state’s governor signed legislation to allow clinical trials of a psychedeli...
Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Ris...
Even as global emissions plateau, new research shows that wildlife in the Arctic...
Google DeepMind and National Hurricane Center Join on N...
The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind progra...
Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.
A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their populatio...
Each Person Has a Unique ‘Breath Print,’ Scientists Find
Every breath you take, they really may be watching you.
A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, I...
Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but ...
Soaring Temperatures Threaten Crops, So Scientists Are ...
Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatu...
Shining a Light on the World of Microproteins
From viruses to humans, life makes microproteins that have evaded discovery unti...
Amanda Feilding, Countess Who Drilled a Hole in Her Hea...
She was ridiculed for drilling a hole in her skull to increase blood flow, but h...
RFK Jr. Removes All CDC Vaccine Panel Experts
The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes si...
Document Shows E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Limits on Mercury...
The agency plans to weaken limits on toxic emissions from power plants while als...