The June heat dome contributed to the deaths of at least three people. They have died as federal regulators have weighed whether to finalize the nation’s first heat protection rule for workers ...

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National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency ...

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In a recent study, researchers at the University of Oxford surveyed scientific literature spanning centuries and counted more than 4,400 cases of preserved brains that were up to 12,000 years old.

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Almost lost in the recent maelstrom of President Donald Trump’s frenetic norm-breaking conduct is an ominous forecast for science. Just days have passed since Trump returned to the Oval Office ...

American Science Slips into Dangerous Decline, Experts Warn, while Chinese Research Surges The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S ...

Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals ...

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