How a ‘rogue’ chunk of DNA scrambled the bird family tree
One inverted genome region spent millions of years frozen in time, obscuring the true history of avian evolution
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Rare wooden artifacts showcase the smarts of early Neanderthals
Complex tools from 300,000-year-old deposit at Schöningen in Germany point to a “wood age”
Utah flouts FDA with law greenlighting placental stem cell therapies
Measure declares that regulatory agency can be ignored and patients given unapproved treatments
Laser mapping spots ant colonies in dense forest
Approach could help scientists spot invasive species cheaply and quickly
Anthropologists take up arms against ‘race science’
At their annual meeting, biological anthropologists began to build a playbook to thwart racist misuse of research
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Early-career researchers lament potential loss of Europe’s largest transdisciplinary science conference
The future of the biennial ESOF meeting is uncertain after parent organization declares bankruptcy
Bone marrow transplants spread Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice, controversial study reports
Experts reject claims that the findings demonstrate “Alzheimer’s disease transmission” in mice, and that human transplant recipients are at risk
Have scientists finally made sense of Hawking’s famous formula for disorder in a black hole?
Theorists claim to derive the landmark equation from the bare definition of entropy, but not everyone is convinced
A muon collider could revolutionize particle physics—if it can be built
The radical new machine might be built faster and cost less than an equivalent conventional atom smasher, boosters say
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‘I need your urine!’ Unusual experiment tests whether human pee can help save forests
Science chats with a Spanish ecologist who tried a surprising tactic to stop mice from eating acorns
Black hole at center of Milky Way may be blasting out a jet
The galactic center may not be as sleepy as astronomers thought
Smallpox may be gone but U.S. should better prepare for its return, report says
Improved vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics needed for old foe, and could also help against new ones like the mpox virus, panel concludes
Bird flu discovered in U.S. dairy cows is ‘disturbing’
Scientist who tracks infections on cattle farms discusses implications of recently announced virus detections
Startups aim to curb climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the ocean—not the air
Schemes to use renewable energy to process seawater may be cheaper and easier than air capture
Scientists with East Asian and African names get short shrift in news coverage
Journalists’ decisions can impact researchers’ careers and public perception of who is a scientist
Genetically engineered marmosets promise insight into early stages of Parkinson’s
New monkey models may help predict neurological conditions and test potential treatments
Fewer U.S. scientists are pursuing postdoc positions, new data show
The biological and biomedical sciences have seen the sharpest drop
‘After you!’ A female bird’s flutter conveys a polite message to her mate
Videos suggest wild birds use complex gestures, like humans do
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