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A Full Moon Checkup
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An Early 'Decoration Day' Celebration
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U.S. agencies aren't ready for the rising cost of making research papers free, report warns
Science agencies could soon face nearly $1 billion publishing bill, Congressional analysts find
Meet the microbiologist and science advocate who's headed to Congress
Jasmine Clark led a March for Science in 2017. She just won a Georgia primary for a safe Democratic House seat
It's official: Europe physicists plan to build 91-kilometer particle collider
The $19 billion Future Circular Collider would build on results from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, currently the world’s largest
Critical dependence of global ocean heat monitoring on the ocean observing system
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02661-6International collaboration has facilitated a global ocean observing system, providing data to measure ocean heat content at a resolution that enables the...
Author Correction: Atmospheric warming contributions from airborne microplastics and nanoplastics
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02667-0Author Correction: Atmospheric warming contributions from airborne microplastics and nanoplastics
Sea level rise is speeding up and scientists now know exactly why
The world’s oceans are rising at an accelerating pace, and scientists now say they can fully explain what’s driving it. Warming seawater is the biggest factor, while melting glaciers and...
Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi
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Research groups want Senate to vet Trump's nominee for NSF head
A hearing would air questions about James O’Neill’s qualifications to lead the agency
Hearing bombshell: Acting director of NIH's infectious disease institute is out
Jeffery Taubenberger’s departure from a leadership position caps year of upheaval at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Can one parent silence the other's genes? Natural 'paramutations' found in mice
Odd phenomenon first seen in plants could explain puzzling disease inheritance patterns
Ancient wars between microbes gave us key immune defenses
A better understanding of battles between bacteria and viruses could inspire new medicines
The window to avoid locking in decades of steel emissions is closing fast
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02634-9Coal-based steel plants risk locking in 60 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2070, but most of these emissions can still be avoided...
Have astronomers spotted an exploding primordial star?
Puzzling JWST observation could instead be one of the universe’s first galaxies—or something more mundane
Averting the steel carbon lock-in through strategic green investments
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02635-8New steel capacity expansion is critical for the feasibility of climate targets, as plants operate for decades. Researchers estimate that while existing...
Jupiter's lightning may be 100x more powerful than Earth's
Jupiter’s storms aren’t just gigantic — they may unleash lightning far more powerful than anything on Earth. Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists discovered that some lightning bolts on the gas...
New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
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UNESCO warns a tsunami in the Mediterranean is inevitable
The French Riviera may look like an unlikely place for a tsunami disaster, but scientists warn the threat is far more real than most people realize. Historical events and new...
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication
Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing
By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases
IPCC News Comment
GENEVA, May 20 – In relation to some of the recent media and social media reporting, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wishes to clarify that, in several instances,...
IPCC Chair remarks at the Copenhagen Ministerial Meeting –
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Copenhagen, Denmark, 21 May 2026 Your Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, As Chair of IPCC, I thank our hosts for the invitation to address this session....
Lost for 150,000 years: Rainforest discovery upends human history
For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments for early survival. But a groundbreaking discovery in West Africa is rewriting that story. Researchers...
New study strengthens idea that humans evolved from knuckle-walking ancestors
Analysis charts evolution of the joint that made our species so nimble
Fire Chars Santa Rosa Island
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Humpback whale breaks migration record with 15,000 kilometer ocean journey
Scientists have uncovered an astonishing new chapter in humpback whale migration: two whales were found to have traveled between breeding grounds in Australia and Brazil, crossing more than 14,000 kilometers...
Vaccine experts debate options to combat outbreak of unusual Ebola strain
Small monkey experiments raise some hopes—and many questions
Can extra snoozing reverse the health hazards of a bad night's sleep?
Catching more z’s the day after a shortened slumber appears to reduce risk of early death
A new genetically modified rice could improve children's health. But will it be grown?
Philippines takes first step toward approving rice with increased iron and zinc
NASA's Psyche Mission Images Mars' Huygens Crater
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NASA's Psyche Mission Spies Mars' Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach
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Psyche's High-Resolution View of Mars' South Pole
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NASA's Psyche Mission Sees Mars' South Pole After Flyby
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NASA's Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars
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Seabird range contraction and dispersal under climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02655-4The authors reconstruct historical seabird dispersal routes, showing that birds responded to temperature shifts by changes in range size rather than body...
Personal experiences matter for climate action
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02640-xClimate change impacts are no longer distant but have entered people’s everyday experiences. Here we look back on a 2011 paper that...
Antarctic glacier collapses at record speed as Hektoria retreats 15 miles in just 15 months
Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier collapsed with shocking speed, retreating 15 miles in only 15 months and setting a modern record for grounded ice loss. Scientists say warming conditions and ocean-driven instability...
Scientists play catch-up to startling Ebola outbreak
Testing, sequencing, and clinical trial efforts spring to life as Bundibugyo virus spreads
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
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¿Este científico fue demasiado lejos en su intento por salvar la vida silvestre de Ecuador?
Los esfuerzos de Alejandro Arteaga por identificar y proteger reptiles y anfibios tropicales lo han envuelto en controversia
Drafting of the next IPCC assessment of climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities gets underway as authors gather in Nassau
Over 200 authors from the IPCC’s Working Group II gather in the Bahamas to work on the draft of the next scientific report assessing climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities. NASSAU,...
Warming erodes climate connectivity for terrestrial vertebrates
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02658-1The authors consider connectivity—specifically, the functional effectiveness of climate connectivity (FECC)—under climate change. Under high emissions (SSP5-8.5), FECC is projected to decline...
Great Balls of Fire
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Ancient lost ocean may have built Central Asia's dinosaur-era mountains
Scientists have uncovered evidence that the vanished Tethys Ocean may have sculpted Central Asia’s mountainous landscape during the dinosaur era. Using decades of geological data, researchers found that distant tectonic...
Major outbreak of rare Ebola virus species in northern Congo alarms scientists
No vaccines exist for Ebola Bundibugyo, which has caused 80 suspected deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and one in Uganda
CDC plan to retire lab monkeys to Texas sanctuary draws ire
Critics say proposal was rushed and could endanger the animals