NASA seeks companies to take over its canceled $450 million moon rover project:
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AAAS May 08
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions: Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
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Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants: A letter from Linda McMahon, the education secretary, said university leaders must ...
nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-harvard-research-grants.html
Science News 23h
A chemical in plastics is tied to heart disease deaths: In 2018, over 350,000 excess heart disease deaths were linked to phthalates. More research is needed to ...
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New Scientist 17h
Radical photon idea could rewrite standard model of particle physics: Experiments with hydrogen atoms could soon reveal whether particles that were long thought ...
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Science News May 09
Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought: Chimpanzees combine hoots, calls and grunts to convey far more concepts than with single ...
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New Scientist Apr 29
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent: Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to ...
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Psychopaths Are More Attractive, Study Warns: People who displayed traits like narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism were consistently seen as more ...
newsweek.com/psychopaths-narcissists-machiavellianism-dark-triad-attractive-face-2070829
Spoan disease: Rare condition in Brazil town popular for cousin marriage: Many children in a Brazil town lost the ability to walk, so one scientist set about ...
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New Scientist 23h
Alien megastructures would likely self-destruct before we spot them: Dyson spheres, a type of huge megastructure designed to capture the energy output of a star ...
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AAAS May 09
Why I teach my students about scientific failure: “It’s a lesson I wish I’d learned before starting grad school,” this professor writes
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Science News 20h
This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses into a trap: This assassin bug's ability to use a tool — bees’ resin — could shed light on how the ability ...
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Scientists sound the alarm after linking popular home appliance to cancer risk: 'Risks for the children are [approximately] 4-16 times higher"
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1 in 10 doctors is burned out, study finds - UPI.com: Next time you see your family physician or a hospital doctor, be extra kind and patient -- they could be on ...
upi.com/Health_News/2025/05/06/doctor-burnout-study/4361746541239/
New Scientist May 07
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out: The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this ...
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Science News May 12
Skyborne specks of life may influence rainfall patterns: A study of weather on a mountain in Greece reveal that bioparticles in the sky may drive fluctuations in ...
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AAAS 19h
AI conjures up potential new antibody drugs in a matter of months: Company finds candidates that bind to tricky proteins that deliver chemical messages in and ...
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Science News May 07
Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery?: A new study is among the first to look at whether cold or hot soaks help women’s muscles ...
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Science News May 07
Before altering the air, microbes oxygenated large swaths of the sea: Hundreds of millions of years before oxygen surged in the atmosphere 2.4 billion years ago ...
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Science News May 09
Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago: A revised age for a German site indicates that our evolutionary cousins organized horse ...
sciencenews.org/article/neandertals-hunted-horses-teams
NASA calculated when life will end on Earth. It doesn't look good: In collaboration with a Japanese university, NASA researchers used supercomputers to predict ...
pcworld.com/article/2778408/nasa-supercomputers-calculated-the-end-of-all-life-on-earth.html
Blood testing could spot cancer early, study says - UPI.com: Blood tests could catch as many as half of cancers at an earlier, more treatable stage ...
upi.com/Health_News/2025/05/09/england-blood-tests-cancer-study/8571746815204/
Science News May 11
How to fight Lyme may lie in the biology of its disease-causing bacteria: The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease ...
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New Scientist 15h
Can we get better at spotting when someone is lying?: A reader wonders if they can become less gullible. Our science-based advice columnist David Robson has some ...
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progressive.org May 07
Tariffs On Medications Will Make America Sick: We might soon see the Trump Administration impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. U.S. patients will suffer.
progressive.org/op-eds/tariffs-on-medications-will-make-america-sick-feiglding-20250506/
New Scientist May 06
Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems: Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart ...
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Ultra-processed foods tied to 124,000 premature deaths over 2 years in U.S., study finds - UPI.com
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Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows: Millions of kilometers of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution ...
phys.org/news/2025-05-antibiotics-human-contaminating-rivers-worldwide.html
How to see May’s full flower moon: May’s flower moon will appear full on Sunday and Monday evening, though this micromoon will look a little smaller than normal.
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AAAS May 02
Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science: Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan
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The future of bananas is under threat : Christian Aid is urging developed nations to urgently reduce their carbon emissions to stem the growing impacts of ...
independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/bananas-climate-change-risk-farmers-b2748812.html
Trump's attack on science: University of Bremen rescues US databases: Research institutions from Bremen and Bremerhaven have started to secure scientific ...
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Science News Apr 28
Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened: As calls to end fluoride in water get louder, changes to the dental health of ...
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New Scientist May 08
The maths that tells us when a scientific discovery is real – or not: When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically ...
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Science News May 05
Ancient poems document the decline of the Yangtze finless porpoise: The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has ...
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Science News May 08
Putrid plants can reek of hot rotting flesh with one evolutionary trick: Some stinky plants independently evolved an enzyme to take the same molecule behind our ...
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New Scientist May 09
Chimps share 'building blocks of musical rhythm' with humans: Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved ...
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New Scientist 15h
Migraine drug that treats headache also eases symptoms like dizziness: The drug ubrogepant doesn't just ease the headache of a migraine ...
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New Scientist 20h
How humans survived a global climate catastrophe 8200 years ago: Plummeting temperatures forced some human populations to adapt to the new conditions thousands ...
newscientist.com/article/2479668-how-humans-survived-a-global-climate-catastrophe-8200-years-ago/
thecanadianpressnews.ca May 03
Scientific societies say they'll step up after Trump puts key climate report in doubt
thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/scientific-societies-say-theyll-step-up-after-trump-puts-key-climate-report-in-doubt/article_226a1fa2-8744-5594-b40a-17b7090c73f1.html
Freedom of science at risk: Europe must learn from US developments: Europe must learn its lessons from the developments in the USA: Only those who allow free ...
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Science News May 08
$1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest: News of NIH funding cuts have trickled out in recent months. A new study tallies what’s ...
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Science News May 07
Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own: An 80,000-year-old bone point found in Eastern Europe challenges the idea that migrating Homo sapiens ...
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Parents' Phone Use May Harm Kids' Health and Development: A global study revealed that parents' screen time—even brief moments on phones—may be quietly hindering ...
newsweek.com/parents-phone-use-harm-kids-health-children-screen-2067235
Conversion therapy said to possibly harm long-term heart health - UPI.com: Conversion therapy might harm a young person's long-term heart health ...
upi.com/Health_News/2025/05/07/conversion-therapy-heart-health-study/3271746631163/
New Scientist May 08
Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where: Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way ...
newscientist.com/article/2479550-failed-soviet-probe-will-soon-crash-to-earth-and-we-dont-know-where/
Efforts Grow to Thwart mRNA Therapies as RFK Jr. Pushes Vaccine Wariness: Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating ...
nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/mrna-vaccines-backlash-covid.html
Science News Apr 30
The axolotl is endangered in the wild. A discovery offers hope: Introducing captive-bred axolotls to restored and artificial wetlands may be a promising option ...
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World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds
phys.org/news/2025-05-world-wealthiest-contributed-thirds-global.html
New Scientist May 09
The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse: Extreme weather events are the most dramatic consequence of climate change ...
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AAAS May 06
‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science: Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”
science.org/content/article/it-s-been-tough-period-nih-s-new-director-speaks-science
New Scientist May 08
Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability: Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could ...
newscientist.com/article/2479501-record-heat-in-2023-and-2024-may-just-have-been-natural-variability/
New Scientist May 06
Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time entirely: Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality ...
newscientist.com/article/2478479-why-physicists-keep-trying-to-get-rid-of-space-time-entirely/
AAAS May 10
Genome of girl with severe lupus pins down genetic target for treatments: Protein that senses viruses becomes overactive in autoimmune disease
science.org/content/article/genome-girl-severe-lupus-pins-down-genetic-target-treatments
New Scientist Apr 29
'Dark photon' theory of light aims to tear up a century of physics: One of the most famous findings in physics could be wrong – the double-slit ...
newscientist.com/article/2477695-dark-photon-theory-of-light-aims-to-tear-up-a-century-of-physics/
Science News May 08
Teens who want to quit vaping have another medication option: The drug varenicline, paired with counseling and text messaging support, helped teens and young ...
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New Scientist May 05
Psychedelics may boost mental health by dampening inflammation: Psychedelic drugs like MDMA and psilocybin may help treat depression, anxiety and other mental ...
newscientist.com/article/2479069-psychedelics-may-boost-mental-health-by-dampening-inflammation/
New Scientist 18h
The bold attempt to solve the toughest mystery at the heart of physics: Finding out whether gravity – and therefore space-time itself – is quantum in nature has ...
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Science News May 06
Physicists explain how cheese rosettes form: Rosettes made by scraping Tête de Moine, or “monk’s head,” cheese result from variations in the friction between the ...
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New Scientist May 07
Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and now we know why: The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength of quantum ...
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AAAS May 10
NIH’s key vaccine center slammed by contract cuts: Antibody and vaccine work is slowed after the National Institutes of Health loses as many as 2200 contract ...
science.org/content/article/nih-key-vaccine-center-slammed-contract-cuts
AAAS Apr 30
The 100 days that shook U.S. science: Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences
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AAAS May 09
Neanderthals made mysterious horse-hunting spears, new dates reveal: Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought
science.org/content/article/neanderthals-made-mysterious-horse-hunting-spears-new-dates-reveal
New Scientist May 02
Brain signals can change the gut microbiome in as little as 2 hours: We have known for years that the gut microbiome can alter brain function ...
newscientist.com/article/2478853-brain-signals-can-change-the-gut-microbiome-in-as-little-as-2-hours/
As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It: The Choose Europe for Science program will invest more than half a billion dollars ...
wired.com/story/us-cuts-scientific-talent-europe/
Europe Launches Drive For U.S.-Based Scientists Frozen Out By Trump's Anti-DEI Moves
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EU announces €500 million package to woo scientists away from Trump's America: French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen held ...
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New Scientist May 09
AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay: An AI leaderboard suggests the newest reasoning models used in chatbots are producing less ...
newscientist.com/article/2479545-ai-hallucinations-are-getting-worse-and-theyre-here-to-stay/
Nanoplastics generated from real-world plastic waste readily adsorb heavy metal ions, study reveals
phys.org/news/2025-05-nanoplastics-generated-real-world-plastic.html
New Scientist 17h
Go-to migraine drug actually does nothing to relieve vertigo symptoms: The drug rizatriptan is often recommended for vestibular migraines, which cause vertigo as ...
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AAAS May 07
Psychoactive drugs found in mysterious temple may have helped ancient Peruvians cement power
science.org/content/article/psychoactive-drugs-found-mysterious-temple-may-have-helped-ancient-peruvians-cement
Missouri’s Josh Hawley joins with Democratic senator to lower prescription drug prices
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New Scientist May 09
Marcus du Sautoy's new book is good on maths, less so on the arts: The mathematician is out to show the close link between maths and the arts ...
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New Scientist May 09
Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?: With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shakier ...
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Is intelligence a human construct? “Octopus!” suggests its time to think differently about animals
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Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic: Many autism experts say the Trump administration's plan to find autism's causes is unrealistic ...
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Science News May 05
A Soviet spacecraft has returned to Earth: Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft finally lost enough energy that it ...
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Trump Is Waging A New Kind Of War. It Could Put Your Family In Danger.: "It’s not just my daughter’s future on the line. It’s the future of every family counting ...
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Trump's Attack on Science: University of Bremen Saves US Databases: Research institutions in Bremen and Bremerhaven have begun securing scientific databases ...
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Science News May 06
Lining medical stents with hairlike fuzz could fend off infections: Implanted tubes that transport bodily fluids can get gross. A lab prototype suggests a new ...
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Science News May 06
British tin might have fueled the rise of some Bronze Age civilizations: Chemical evidence of tin from coastal British sites reaching Bronze Age Mediterranean ...
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