Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Lived experiences shape how science is conducted. This matters because who gets to speak for science steers which problems ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to ...

The CEO of AAAS is cautiously optimistic about federal funding for science, even as uncertainty makes research challenging.

AI is ubiquitous now—from interpreting medical results to driving cars, not to mention answering every question under the sun ...

Peer review has met its match.

Innovation flourishes not because people collaborate more broadly but because the right people fall into productive orbit ...

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...

Claims that microplastics are widespread throughout the human body are now being questioned. Microplastics are real — but ...

Alicja Ostrowska's doctoral thesis "Life and AI at NASA" examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the way science is conducted within some of the world's most ambitious space projects. The ...