Five things to know about NSF’s new rules on merit review
Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report...
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Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report...
Overall, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the Earth as a whole....
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Nature, Published online: 01 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04114-0 More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact of the Trump Team on science — we run thr...
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I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
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Various organizations teamed up to get the "cold-stunned" sea turtles out of frigid Cape Cod waters....
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