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The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

A physician involved in the long push to change the name PCOS to PMOS takes us behind the scenes of this subtle yet consequential change

Culture is humanity’s secret for world domination. This calculation shows just how powerful it is

A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and the long-sought solution to the mystery of dark matter. Astronomers are calling it “Phoebe”

By encoding mathematical statements into numbers, mathematician Kurt Gödel used ordinary arithmetic to check whether a statement can be proved

A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have imperiled the country's artifacts and remains at four critical human heritage sites they were supposed to protect

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

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Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their strategies include cheating

China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool

The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn

A breeze is emanating from Sagittarius A* at the heart of our galaxy

A new analysis of red lines inside a cave in Wales suggests they were made deliberately by ancient humans some 17,000 years ago

AI analysis of mammograms could provide a “bonus finding” for heart disease

MAVEN was the first successful mission designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It also became a vital node of NASA’s communications network at the Red Planet

Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence

Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change

A group of researchers have proposed rules to prevent artificial intelligence from overpowering humans in math

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

Remote and hybrid work can have benefits, but a study involving more than 588,000 people suggest they may take a serious mental toll

Even though astronomers didn’t detect alien tech signals from a rare interstellar visitor, the results are worthwhile, they say

This prototype could help the world prepare for AI malware threats, according to the researchers who made it

Unprecedented results against a stubbornly hard-to-treat cancer are boosting optimism that other challenging tumors will be next

A deadly Ebola outbreak is spreading fast—and U.S. cuts to foreign aid are making it worse

Could a predecessor to the phonograph have appeared a century earlier?

From slow elevators to perfectly split pizza, math quietly explains the quirks of everyday life

China apparently didn’t issue any airspace or maritime notices ahead of the maiden launch of this rocket on Monday