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More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science

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Europe’s first private launch company is learning to embrace failure

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New blood test checks for Alzheimer’s and assesses progression, study says

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Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn

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Trump makes sweeping HIV research and grant cuts: ‘setting us back decades’

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars

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Skygazers gather across northern hemisphere to glimpse partial solar eclipse

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Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’

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Partial solar eclipse live: watch as moon to block part of sun for people in northern hemisphere

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Europe’s first Mars rover will have UK-built lander

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Scientists are storing light we cannot see in formats meant for human eyes

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Report: US scientists lost $3 billion in NIH grants since Trump took office

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Green Startup Boston Metal Now Has All the Ingredients Needed to Make Steel Without Emitting Gobs of CO2

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Trump annoyed the Smithsonian isn’t promoting discredited racial ideas

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Rocket Report: Stoke is stoked; sovereignty is the buzzword in Europe

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Why the weasel testicles? Cambridge show explains medieval medicine

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

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Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

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Gloucestershire company wins prize for inventing way to produce clean water on moon

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“This will be a painful period”: RFK Jr. slashes 24% of US health dept.

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Researchers get spiking neural behavior out of a pair of transistors

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Maybe Trump should go back to calling his missile shield the Iron Dome

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Glowing blue spiral spotted across Europe night sky captivates stargazers

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Lawsuits targeting diversity efforts in science are multiplying

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People doing intense exercise experience time warp, study finds

Wed

Does all intelligent life face a Great Filter?

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Donald Trump’s ‘war on woke’ is fast becoming a war on science. That’s incredibly dangerous | Christina Pagel

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ESA finally has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?

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‘Perfect space crop’: Australian company to attempt to grow first mushrooms in orbit

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We’ve outsourced our confirmation biases to search engines

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Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk

Tue

It Took 100 Years After Tutankhamon to Find Another Pharoah’s Tomb–it Took Just 2 Months to Find This One

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Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn

Tue

UK experts urge prioritising research into 24 types of deadly pathogen families

Tue

European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts

Tue

As preps continue, it’s looking more likely NASA will fly the Artemis II mission

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Should we be concerned about the loss of weather balloons?

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Scientists develop injection for long-lasting contraceptive implant

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Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy

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World’s first case of bird flu in sheep detected in England

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Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function

Mon

David Blaine shows his hand in Do Not Attempt

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This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket

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Labour head of Commons tech group warns No 10 not to ignore AI concerns

Mar 23

Royal Society honours pioneering scientists who were first female members

Mar 23

More US states report measles cases amid vaccine misinformation

Mar 23

‘Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten,’ UK scientists warn

Mar 23

The 5 senses of spring: How climate change is shaping our seasonal experience

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Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated counties

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“Infantile amnesia” occurs despite babies showing memory activity

Mar 21 2m read

We probably inherited our joints from… a fish

Mar 21 2m read

How the language of job postings can attract rule-bending narcissists

Mar 21 3m read

Sydney ‘science nerd’ may face jail for importing plutonium in bid to collect periodic table elements

Mar 21

AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported

Mar 20

A mathematician unpacks the science of “bracketology”

Mar 20 2m read

Hints grow stronger that dark energy changes over time

Mar 19 2m read

Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control

Mar 19 2m read

Saltwater contamination in freshwater systems is on the rise

Mar 19 2m read

Researchers put the UK’s pothole problem on the road to recovery

Mar 19 2m read

Scientists hail ‘avalanche of discoveries’ from Euclid space telescope

Mar 19

Pioneering Devon food forest garden at risk after landowner serves notice

Mar 19

Nasa-SpaceX mission live: splashdown expected soon as stranded US astronauts head back to Earth after nine months

Mar 18

Nasa releases first high-def images of sunset on the moon

Mar 18

NASA astronauts return to Earth after months stuck in space

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Russia will ‘undoubtedly’ discuss future Mars flights with Musk, Putin envoy says

Mar 18

Requiem for a Canadian-built telescope that saw as far as physics allows

Mar 18

SpiderBot experiments hint at “echolocation” to locate prey

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Even the worst mass extinction had its oases

Mar 18 2m read

People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions

Mar 18 2m read

Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing

Mar 18 3m read

Nasa cuts raise fears of handing more influence to SpaceX owner Musk

Mar 18

Nasa astronauts heading back to Earth on SpaceX Dragon capsule after being ‘stranded’ on ISS for months

Mar 18

Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics

Mar 17 2m read

Physicists unlock another clue to brewing the perfect espresso

Mar 17 2m read

Man Lives for 100 Days with Artificial Titanium Heart in Successful New Trial

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Mar 17 2m read

Is it true that … apple cider vinegar can stop blood sugar spikes?

Mar 17

Scientists Discover New Part of the Immune System

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Epigenetic Science Reveals Potential Method for Stopping Malaria’s Resistance to Medications

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Mar 11 3m read

World’s Biggest Underground Thermal Lake Discovered in Albania

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Citrus Fruit Consumption Helps Protect Against Depression via Gut Microbiome: Study

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Mar 10 3m read

Ingredient Found in All Mushrooms Can Reprogram Immune Cells to Fight Deadly Flu Infections

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Mar 9 3m read

Serious Knee Injury Repairs ‘Significantly’ Improved With Cartilage Grown From Nasal Septum Cells

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Mar 9 4m read

Sight Restored to People Blinded in Eye Accidents Using New Stem Cell Treatment

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Mar 7 3m read

Oldest-Known Asteroid Crater is Discovered in the Outback–Made More Than 3 Billion Years Ago

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Mar 7 3m read

Vibrations Can Stimulate Bone Growth: Study Paves the Way for Developing New Therapies

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Mar 4 3m read

Scientists Harness Phantom Limb to Allow an Amputee to Feel Hot and Cold in New Prosthetic

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Mar 3 3m read

Degraded Lands Transformed into Productive Farms: With Science, We Can Create Wonders

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LiDAR Reveals Abandoned Fort Was Actually a Lost Zapotec City with Temples and Ball Courts

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23-Year-old Finds Huge Dinosaur Footprint Dating Back 127 Million Years on UK Beach After Rain

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Previously Failed Cancer Drug Repurposed to Act as ‘Flag’ for Cancer-Seeking Missile

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Feb 17 3m read

Researchers Defang Deadly Hospital Superbugs Using a Pinch of Turmeric

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Feb 8 4m read

Good News About Potential Upcoming Asteroid Colliding with Earth: We’ve Deflected Them Before and Can Do So Again

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Feb 7 3m read

Cornell Researchers Create First-of-its-Kind Durable and Recyclable Plastic

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Feb 5 2m read

World’s Smallest Heart Pump ‘A Game-changer’ in Keeping Failing Hearts Going Without Major Surgery

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Feb 5 2m read

A Breath Closer to Alzheimer’s Cure: How Xenon Gas Could Transform Treatments

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New Base Editing Gene Therapy Cures its First Patient: A Sickle-Cell Sufferer Now in the ‘Gym Every Day’

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Breakthrough Single-Dose Drug Wipes Out Breast Tumors in Mice Without Side Effects

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Carrots May Be Key to Unlocking Microbiome’s Diabetes Defense System

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Jan 20 3m read

Scientists Develop Biodegradable Smart Textile–A Big Leap Forward for Eco-Friendly Wearable Technology

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Jan 12 4m read

Coffee Drinkers Less at Risk of Head and Neck Cancers, New Research Suggests

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