Two papers pin the deadly disease’s introduction on British colonists and suggest the continent held far more people than previously believed
A growing number of theories propose Uranus and Neptune are rocky worlds
Arrival of H5N1 in Australia triggers ambitious vaccination program
With social media, product adoption raced ahead while Congress debated causation and passed no meaningful national protections for children. With AI chatbots, we still have a chance to build something sturdier.
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Three approaches—including one that exploits Earth’s radiation belts—could help enforce ban on orbital nuclear weapons
Publisher denies a bot was to blame for withdrawing famed physicist’s work
Mix-up in distance scales may explain hints of anisotropy in distribution of galaxies
With GPT-Live, talking, listening, and formulating answers all happen at once
agrupados por: better · makes
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Observational studies suggested the vaccine could do double duty but a randomized trial shows no benefit
In a massive experiment, biologists are shooting thousands of aggressive barred owls—hoping to create a spotted owl “safe zone”
Damage to century-old Palladin Institute marks “disaster for biological science in Ukraine”
agrupados por: strikes
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Scientists will test an antiviral drug and an antibody cocktail designed to tame the burgeoning outbreak
agrupados por: ebola · treatment · trial · bundibugyo
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Mantle waves and tectonic stretching lofted polar mountains into a deep freeze
Svalbard is warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth, but security concerns are tightening access to its glaciers, fjords, and sea floor
New study challenges idea that tall trees’ hydraulics make them more vulnerable to dry conditions
Darkling beetle larvae could provide museum curators a new way to preserve animal skeletons for display
Agency says closing the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center will improve efficiency, but skeptics argue it will undercut research critical to farmers
New NAS president discusses the future of the beleaguered institution and the precarious state of U.S. science under Trump
About 1 million insect species have been described, but a new analysis suggests tens of millions more may be out there
Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds
World’s biggest digital camera will repeatedly scan the sky, spotting cosmic explosions while building up a deep map of billions of galaxies
White House asserts expanded authority to prosecute any wasteful spending “in the national interest”
Orbiting data centers and sunlight reflectors would scupper astronomy by leaving streaks on telescope images and brightening skies, study finds
A synthetic cell can now grow and divide—but it’s still far from alive
Investigation finds problems in a key clinical trial that critics said was too good to be true
Mouse and human data suggest ovaries develop a new function after reproductive duties end
Critics say TriNetX’s easy analyses of electronic medical records fuel quick-and-dirty publications from inexperienced authors
An “approximate” sense of Earth’s magnetic fields means the animals must occasionally reorient during long ocean voyages
Controversial claim challenges principle of cosmological sameness on which prevailing theory rests
In pursuit of human-level intelligence, researchers are developing agents that learn by acting in virtual environments rather than simply absorbing more text
Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck. A bot may be to blame
Advance nearly doubles chip density, but also highlights the challenge of sustaining historic trend
Analysis of 90 missions suggests midpriced spacecraft produce the most science per dollar
Centuries of strain had built up on faults in the region, making them overdue for a major rupture
European Space Agency mission will trace the relics of ancient mergers and probe the dark matter shaping galaxy growth
Ancient hunter-gatherers may have contracted the pathogen from marmots
The Bundibugyo virus only emerged twice before. Now, scientists see a chance to get to know it better
Vehicle will attempt a daring capture-and-boost mission to extend the life of the Swift observatory
Science chats with a researcher whose team is using “timescapes” to understand how nonhumans experience the world
Researchers are pushing back on abrupt NSF cuts to the costly Ocean Observatories Initiative
Soviet-era theory touted by Putin’s former campaign manager claims oil deposits can form without organic matter
University punishes Étienne Klein after investigation shows he plagiarized part of his Ph.D. thesis
AIs on their own found ways to exploit regulations and evade current safeguards
