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The biggest disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field in more than 20 years dazzled onlookers the world over

Night bikers deliver meds and cholera sleuths persist as gangs dominate life and landscape

“Pursuit hunting” was sometimes more efficient than stalking, survey of Indigenous hunting methods suggests

“I got one of those lovely phone calls,” evidence communication researcher Alexandra Freeman says about her surprise appointment

Universities could no longer store Medicare and Medicaid data, and costs for many researchers would rise

Decoding the gestures the animals use when interacting with one another could help researchers better understand elephant communication

Data quality suffers in some studies using the MTurk platform—but participant screening and other safeguards can help

Citing aging infrastructure at Antarctic base, agency declines to advance plan to build microwave telescope array

The latest in science and policy

The rough woodlouse is the smallest known animal to disperse seeds by eating and excreting them

Predicting how proteins bind to other molecules could revolutionize biochemistry, drug discovery

Healthy volunteers—who usually join studies for money—deserve special attention, researchers say

Pilot grants will help scientists train software to tackle societal problems

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo sería la primera investigadora en dirigir el país, pero sus críticos temen que sea tan hostil a la ciencia como su predecesor.

Money for new repatriation program would be better spent supporting researchers who stayed in Brazil, critics say

Discovery of potentially complex communication could reveal way to interpret what these marine mammals are saying—but not everyone is convinced

Novel effort comes as study finds key receptor for avian flu virus in udders

Well-intentioned decision to switch oral polio vaccines in 2016 backfired, new draft report says

Researchers dissected a surprising data source and found a sign of ecosystem health

New policies for gain-of-function and “dual-use” research will cover broader swath of experiments