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“Weekly Headlines:  A flood of Chinese graduate students in STEM was a boon to U.S. students.”

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Brought to you by Science Careers Weekly news and headlines from Science ScienceInsider A flood of Chinese graduate students in STEM was a boon to U.S. students Study shows the influx allowed U.S. programs to expand enrollment and also benefited local businesses By JEFFREY MERVIS  |  31 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Egypt joins Europe’s flagship science program, raising academic freedom concerns Horizon Europe’s push for free inquiry clashes with Egypt’s human rights record, critics say By NICHOLAS WALLACE  |  31 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Exclusive: Future of chronic disease journal in limbo after cuts at CDC Researchers dismayed by the targeting of Preventing Chronic Disease’s editorial staff By CATHERINE OFFORD  |  30 OCT Read more Latest News Tree rings from ancient coffins offer clues to Earth’s past Wood from gravesites can help reconstruct historic temperatures, floods, and droughts By TAYLOR MITCHELL BROWN  |  30 OCT Read more Latest News Chemical additive slashes carbon emissions when creating synthetic fuels Advance in Fischer-Tropsch process could make coal-to-liquid plants cleaner By ROBERT F. SERVICE  |  30 OCT Read more Latest News New evidence? No problem. Chimps can weigh conflicting clues, just like humans Study is first to suggest our closest relatives think about their own thoughts By CATHLEEN O’GRADY  |  30 OCT Read more News Feature Can AI capture the mind-boggling complexity of a human cell? Researchers are competing to make “virtual cells” that could transform biomedicine by predicting gene activity and more By MITCH LESLIE  |  30 OCT Read more Latest News Mini-tyrannosaur lived alongside T. rex, extraordinary fossil confirms Study finds fresh evidence for Nanotyrannus, a dinosaur whose existence has long been debated By JACK TAMISIEA  |  30 OCT Read more ScienceShots How one of the world’s rarest and most valuable gemstones gets its vivid colors Scientists finally solve mystery of ammolite’s brilliant reds, greens, and blues By PHIE JACOBS  |  30 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers’ access to data, European Commission rules Data are needed to study how social media spreads misinformation and influences elections, scientists say By KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT  |  29 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Facing claims of animal abuse, a major breeder of research dogs will close its pipeline Ridglan Farms has agreed to stop selling beagles for scientific studies, leaving just one major U.S. supplier By DAVID GRIMM  |  29 OCT Read more Latest News Vaccine protects people from paratyphoid fever in a ‘human challenge’ study Volunteers who swallowed disease-causing bacteria were less likely to get sick after an oral vaccine By MARTIN ENSERINK  |  29 OCT Read more Latest News Aquarium hijinks provide strongest evidence yet that sharks love to play Study hints at a deeper intelligence—and a need for enrichment in captivity By CHRISTA LESTÉ-LASSERRE  |  29 OCT Read more Latest News To thwart food poisoning, tiny needles could inject bacteria-slaying viruses into your meal Experimental patches on meat, fruits, and vegetables can destroy up to 99.9% of bacteria By CELINA ZHAO  |  29 OCT Read more ScienceInsider A geoscientist shortage could undermine U.S.-Australian deal on critical minerals Universities aren’t training the specialists needed to exploit the country’s rich resources By ROYCE KURMELOVS  |  29 OCT Read more Latest News Alien worlds may be able to make their own water Ocean planets could arise from rocks reacting with thick hydrogen atmospheres, lab experiments show By ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS  |  29 OCT Read more Latest News Innovative antivenom is a ‘potential game changer’ for snakebites Synthetic cocktail of llama and alpaca “nanobodies” protected mice from venoms of 17 snakes By CHRISTIE WILCOX  |  29 OCT Read more Latest News AI hallucinates because it’s trained to fake answers it doesn’t know Teaching chatbots to say “I don’t know” could curb hallucinations. It could also break AI’s business model By CELINA ZHAO  |  28 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Argentina’s move to woo Trump has derailed South America’s largest radio telescope U.S.-Chinese tensions have left nearly complete observatory in limbo, jeopardizing research into pulsars and other celestial objects By MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES ORFILA  |  27 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Congress close to passing law that would freeze out certain Chinese biotechs Latest version of Biosecure Act could raise costs for academic biology labs in an effort to prevent theft of Americans’ health data By ROBERT F. SERVICE  |  27 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Man’s pig kidney fails just shy of setting record The xenotransplant, from a gene-edited pig, had survived for nearly 9 months in Tim Andrews By JON COHEN  |  27 OCT Read more ScienceInsider How NSF hopes to keep Antarctic scientists afloat without an icebreaker Ending Palmer lease is one of many belt-tightening moves amid budget uncertainty By JEFFREY MERVIS  |  24 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Justice Department unexpectedly drops fraud case against Alzheimer’s scientist Decision comes after disclosure of university letter concluding Hoau-Yan Wang did not engage in misconduct By JOHN TRAVIS  |  24 OCT Read more ScienceShots Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time Stunning hunting behaviour captured in German cave By CHRIS BARANIUK  |  24 OCT Read more Latest News Ambient noise can track dangerous ocean acidification Acoustic technique could make it easier to monitor threat to marine life stemming from rising carbon emissions By PAUL VOOSEN  |  24 OCT Read more Subscribe to News from Science for full access to breaking news and analysis on research and science policy. subscribe Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. 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“News from Science:  Weekly news and headlines from Science.”

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Accessed on 25 October 2025, 1509 UTC.

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Brought to you by The 5th Innovation Forum on Intelligent Computing Weekly news and headlines from Science ScienceInsider Justice Department unexpectedly drops fraud case against Alzheimer’s scientist Decision comes after disclosure of university letter concluding Hoau-Yan Wang did not engage in misconduct By JOHN TRAVIS  |  24 OCT Read more ScienceShots Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time Stunning hunting behaviour captured in German cave By CHRIS BARANIUK  |  24 OCT Read more Latest News Ambient noise can track dangerous ocean acidification Acoustic technique could make it easier to monitor threat to marine life stemming from rising carbon emissions By PAUL VOOSEN  |  24 OCT Read more ScienceInsider How NSF hopes to keep Antarctic scientists afloat without an icebreaker Ending Palmer lease is one of many belt-tightening moves amid budget uncertainty By JEFFREY MERVIS  |  24 OCT Read more Careers University of California faculty push back against Big Brother cybersecurity mandate School officials defend software as bulwark against ransomware, but professors fear potential surveillance of their devices By CELINA ZHAO  |  23 OCT Read more ScienceInsider At futuristic meeting, AIs took the lead in producing and reviewing all the studies Organizers aim to tune AI to help accelerate science By JEFFREY BRAINARD  |  23 OCT Read more News Feature Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas? After a brutal heat wave, scientists race to predict how Bering Sea snow crabs will cope with climate change By WARREN CORNWALL  |  23 OCT Read more Latest News Fat-chomping enzyme that ‘moonlights’ as gene regulator could point to obesity treatments Hormone-sensitive lipase works in the nucleus to keep fat cells healthy, new study suggests By ZUNNASH KHAN  |  23 OCT Read more Latest News Sumerian civilization may have been jump-started by the rise and fall of tides Millennia before the first cities, early Mesopotamians probably harnessed tides to irrigate crops By ANDREW CURRY  |  22 OCT Read more Latest News New recipe improves creation of cells that could fight most autoimmune diseases Nobel laureate makes regulatory T cells that last longer in the body, boosting clinical hopes By CATHERINE OFFORD  |  22 OCT Read more Latest News ‘I fear we are sitting on a time bomb.’ Scientists debate mass distribution of antibiotics in Africa Prophylactic use of azithromycin saves vulnerable children’s lives, but could trigger antibiotic resistance By GRETCHEN VOGEL  |  21 OCT Read more Latest News ‘It’s like a horror movie pregnancy.’ Researcher studies maggots—by letting them eat him Science chats with wildlife epidemiologist Tony Goldberg about what he’s learned from becoming a meal for parasites By RACHEL NUWER  |  21 OCT Read more Latest News A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer By PHIE JACOBS  |  20 OCT Read more Latest News Stranded coral boulders point to a medieval tsunami in the Caribbean Study pinpoints likely date for a massive earthquake on the Puerto Rico Trench—and highlights an underappreciated regional hazard By KATHERINE KORNEI  |  20 OCT Read more ScienceInsider JD Vance officiated the wedding of new head of NIH environmental institute Unusual hiring process raises fears of political favoritism By JOCELYN KAISER  |  20 OCT Read more Latest News Lab mice can now have periods like humans Studies of rodents with a menstrual on/off switch could help people with endometriosis and other disorders By HOLLY BARKER  |  20 OCT Read more Latest News Beetle compound is so valuable insects eat bird poop to get it To obtain the toxic chemical cantharidin, insects suck beetles’ blood—and even munch on their digested remains By RICHARD PALLARDY  |  20 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies By DENNIS NORMILE  |  17 OCT Read more Latest News How poop-eating beetles evolved to eat rotting flesh Analysis of thousands of fossils pushes back change in beetles’ diets by more than 37 million years By TAYLOR MITCHELL BROWN  |  17 OCT Read more ScienceShots Bull’s-eye! Static electricity pulls worm through air to its insect victim Electrostatic charges may help roundworms infect a wide variety of hosts By JASON P. DINH  |  17 OCT Read more Subscribe to News from Science for full access to breaking news and analysis on research and science policy. subscribe Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. Sign up to delve deeper into what matters most in Science and science. Sign up Journals Science Science Advances Science Immunology Science Robotics Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine Useful links News Careers Commentary Podcast Webinars Prizes and Awards Help Access & Subscriptions Reprints & Permissions Contact Us Follow us

“As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another…uncertainty about the future.”

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Brought to you by The 5th Innovation Forum on Intelligent Computing Daily news and headlines from Science ScienceInsider As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’ Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future By SCIENCE NEWS STAFF  |  10 OCT Read more Latest News Perfume scientists tweak cells into having ‘sense of smell’ A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis By JENNIE ERIN SMITH  |  10 OCT Read more News Feature These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi By DENNIS NORMILE  |  9 OCT Read more Latest News What’s it like to tell someone she won a Nobel Prize? Science chats with photographer Lindsey Wasson, who captured how Nobel winner Mary Brunkow reacted to life-changing news By CHARLES BORST  |  9 OCT Read more Latest News In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin By TAYLOR MITCHELL BROWN  |  9 OCT Read more Careers When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds By ANIRBAN MUKHOPADHYAY  |  9 OCT Read more Latest News First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments Researchers are testing multiple treatments for the rare genetic conditions By MITCH LESLIE  |  8 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Cuts in global health and climate hit Research Triangle Institute hard “Financial drubbing” underscores reliance of some independent research organizations on federal funding By JEFFREY BRAINARD  |  8 OCT Read more Latest News Long-lived gamma ray burst could signal a new kind of cosmic catastrophe Some theorists think unusual event could be a black hole devouring a star from within By DANIEL CLERY  |  8 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research By CATHLEEN O’GRADY  |  8 OCT Read more Subscribe to News from Science for full access to breaking news and analysis on research and science policy. subscribe Sifter Our favorite stories from around the internet World’s oldest human mummies made by hunter-gatherers using smoke and time BY MICHAEL GRESHKO  |  16 SEP Does drinking beer make you more attractive to mosquitoes? BY CHRISTIE WILCOX  |  15 SEP After an amputation, the brain’s map of the body is more stable than previously thought BY JASMIN GALVAN  |  21 AUG Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. Sign up to delve deeper into what matters most in Science and science. Sign up Journals Science Science Advances Science Immunology Science Robotics Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine Useful links News Careers Commentary Podcast Webinars Prizes and Awards Help Access & Subscriptions Reprints & Permissions Contact Us Follow us

“First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments.”

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Brought to you by Science Podcasts Daily news and headlines from Science Latest News First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments Researchers are testing multiple treatments for the rare genetic conditions By MITCH LESLIE  |  8 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Cuts in global health and climate hit Research Triangle Institute hard “Financial drubbing” underscores reliance of some independent research organizations on federal funding By JEFFREY BRAINARD  |  8 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research By CATHLEEN O’GRADY  |  8 OCT Read more Latest News Long-lived gamma ray burst could signal a new kind of cosmic catastrophe Some theorists think unusual event could be a black hole devouring a star from within By DANIEL CLERY  |  8 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Architects of molecular cages win Chemistry Nobel Swiss cheese materials called metal-organic frameworks can separate and store gases By DANIEL CLERY, CATHERINE OFFORD  |  8 OCT Read more Latest News Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A* By HANNAH RICHTER  |  7 OCT Read more Latest News Well-exercised male mice appear to pass fitness to their male offspring Surprising epigenetic effect relies on snippets of RNA packaged within sperm By ZUNNASH KHAN  |  7 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Quantum effects in electrical circuits honored with Physics Nobel Breakthrough paved the way to many of today’s budding quantum computers By ADRIAN CHO  |  7 OCT Read more Latest News Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes By JAMES DINNEEN  |  6 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Medicine Nobel goes to three researchers who identified immune system’s security guards Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi revealed how regulatory T cells prevent autoimmune disease By CATHERINE OFFORD  |  6 OCT Read more Subscribe to News from Science for full access to breaking news and analysis on research and science policy. subscribe Sifter Our favorite stories from around the internet World’s oldest human mummies made by hunter-gatherers using smoke and time BY MICHAEL GRESHKO  |  16 SEP Does drinking beer make you more attractive to mosquitoes? BY CHRISTIE WILCOX  |  15 SEP After an amputation, the brain’s map of the body is more stable than previously thought BY JASMIN GALVAN  |  21 AUG Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. Sign up to delve deeper into what matters most in Science and science. Sign up Journals Science Science Advances Science Immunology Science Robotics Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine Useful links News Careers Commentary Podcast Webinars Prizes and Awards Help Access & Subscriptions Reprints & Permissions Contact Us Follow us

“Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish.”

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Brought to you by BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation Weekly news and headlines from Science ScienceInsider Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void By GAEA CABICO  |  3 OCT Read more Latest News Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio By ERIK STOKSTAD  |  3 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy By MICHAEL PRICE  |  2 OCT Read more ScienceInsider Renowned U.S. climate center trims staff ahead of expected budget cuts NSF-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research fears worse in coming months By JEFFREY MERVIS  |  2 OCT Read more Latest News Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease By CATHERINE OFFORD  |  2 OCT Read more Latest News Made to order bioweapon? AI-designed toxins slip through safety checks used by companies selling genes Researchers expose flaws in safeguards intended to block rogue actors from making bioweapons By DAN CHARLES  |  2 OCT Read more News Feature New radioactive isotope therapies promise more targeted attacks on cancer Recent clinical successes, and profits, have prompted a rush among pharma companies to try new isotopes and targeting strategies 2 OCT Read more Latest News Could technology reduce fractures in racehorses? AI promises advance warnings, and mathematical models point to a simple prevention strategy By CHRISTA LESTÉ-LASSERRE  |  2 OCT Read more ScienceInsider After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired Two leaders removed by Trump administration had hoped to stay at agency as in-house investigators By JOCELYN KAISER  |  2 OCT Read more Latest News China launches ambitious collaboration to map primate brains—including ours 25-year plan will tap brain-mapping prowess in two dozen countries to visualize the organ in unprecedented detail By RICHARD STONE  |  1 OCT Read more Latest News Wildfire smoke is charring your wine. This microbe could help Bacteria already living on grapes can break down smoky chemicals that wreck flavor By CELINA ZHAO  |  1 OCT Read more ScienceInsider AI reveals vast ‘ghost forests’ along U.S. coast Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas By JAMES DINNEEN  |  1 OCT Read more Latest News Ancient DNA from horses slaughtered by Neanderthals sheds light on equine evolution 300,000-year-old genes are oldest ever recovered from open-air site By ANDREW CURRY  |  1 OCT Read more ScienceInsider AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings By CATHLEEN O’GRADY  |  30 SEP Read more Latest News ‘Thrilled’ Indonesian scientists celebrate return of fossil trove from the Netherlands The items to be returned, which include Java Man, were collected during the colonial era By MARTIN ENSERINK  |  30 SEP Read more Latest News China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum Nationalist narrative holds that Austronesian language and culture originated in China, not Taiwan By MARCEL HOBMA  |  30 SEP Read more ScienceInsider U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown Political impasse to hobble research agencies—and perhaps enable layoffs By SCIENCE NEWS STAFF  |  30 SEP Read more Latest News Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects By PHIE JACOBS  |  30 SEP Read more Latest News Prehistoric camel art pointed to precious water sources in the Arabian Desert Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago By TAYLOR MITCHELL BROWN  |  30 SEP Read more Latest News Paleolithic painters had the blues Two recent studies shine light on the earliest known artistic usages of blue pigment By ANDREW CURRY  |  29 SEP Read more Latest News Canada’s Supreme Court will decide fate of ostrich flock hit by bird flu Farmers and supporters—including RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz—urge government to spare birds that survived H5N1 outbreak By JON COHEN  |  29 SEP Read more Latest News Mysterious will-o’-the-wisps ignited by microlightning Electrical discharge from microscopic bubbles offers a new explanation for fleeting flames of folklore By ROBERT F. SERVICE  |  29 SEP Read more Latest News How AIs responded to the 2024 U.S. presidential election—in real time First-of-its-kind study captures how AI models’ behavior evolved through the campaign season By CELINA ZHAO  |  29 SEP Read more Subscribe to News from Science for full access to breaking news and analysis on research and science policy. subscribe Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. Sign up to delve deeper into what matters most in Science and science. Sign up Journals Science Science Advances Science Immunology Science Robotics Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine Useful links News Careers Commentary Podcast Webinars Prizes and Awards Help Access & Subscriptions Reprints & Permissions Contact Us Follow us