- — Trump just made it much harder to track the nation’s worst weather disasters
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at 5/8/25 12:17pmUS abruptly stops tracking costs of the most devastating storms.- — Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use
- at 5/8/25 8:54amPeople with high score on problematic social media use are more likely to like and share fake news.
- — Genetically engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants
- at 5/7/25 2:50pmFive clusters of genes from different organisms put into a single bacterial strain.
- — Genetic-engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants
- at 5/7/25 2:50pmFive clusters of genes from different organisms put into a single bacterial strain.
- — Dangerous clear-air turbulence is worsening due to global warming
- at 5/7/25 8:20amClimate change is making high-altitude winds much more volatile.
- — Trump administration cuts off all future federal funding to Harvard
- at 5/6/25 10:19amOdd letter ostensibly about funding asks Harvard "why is there so much HATE?"
- — Only elites used hallucinogens in ancient Andes society
- at 5/5/25 1:00pmSnuff tubes and spoons unearthed at Chavín de Huántar in Peru had traces of vilca and nicotine.
- — On cusp of storm season, NOAA funding cuts put hurricane forecasting at risk
- at 5/5/25 7:35amTropical cyclone track forecasts are 75 percent more accurate than they were in 1990.
- — In his first 100 days, Trump launched an “all-out assault” on the environment
- at 5/3/25 5:06amThe threat posed by Trump’s administration is on a “new level,” environmental groups and legal experts say.
- — We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites
- at 5/2/25 7:08pmAmazon's Kuiper satellites look nothing like SpaceX's Starlink.
- — Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time
- at 5/2/25 3:00pmRecent grant terminations are a symptom of a widespread attack on science.
- — Trump’s 2026 budget proposal: Crippling cuts for science across the board
- at 5/2/25 1:39pmBudget document derides research and science-based policy as "woke," "scams."
- — Cyborg cicadas play Pachelbel’s Canon
- at 5/2/25 10:15amSuch insect-computer hybrid speakers might one day be used to transmit warnings in emergencies.
- — Some flies go insomniac to ward off parasites
- at 5/2/25 9:49amThere are negative consequences for the flies, but they avoid being eaten alive.
- — New material may help us build Predator-style thermal vision specs
- at 5/1/25 1:34pmFilms of IR-sensitive material only tens of nanometers thick are tough to make.
- — Sen. Susan Collins blasts Trump for cuts to scientific research
- at 5/1/25 12:44pmNew study shows budget cuts to research would significantly hurt the economy in the long run.
- — Neanderthals invented their own bone weapon technology by 80,000 years ago
- at 5/1/25 11:40amNeanderthals used sleek bone projectiles to hunt big game.
- — Meet the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest
- at 5/1/25 10:33amThere are four broad categories—physics, chemistry, biology, and social science—liberally defined.
- — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
- at 4/30/25 9:18pm“This kind of thing happens, and that’s why we build redundancy into our missions."
- — DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people
- at 4/30/25 3:28pmPeople in Picuris Pueblo wanted to know how they got there, contacted researchers.
- — Research roundup: Tattooed tardigrades and splash-free urinals
- at 4/30/25 1:16pmAlso: The first live footage of a colossal baby squid; digitally unfolding an early medieval manuscript.
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