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Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.

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As it awaits a court ruling, the US National Science Foundation has paused its attempt to cap indirect-cost payments on ...

Collaborations between privately run foundations provide an opportunity to fund risky science that governments cannot take on ...

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A new machine-learning tool can predict which individuals are at high risk for developing postpartum depression, an ...

The mass cancellation of US federal grants marks yet another escalation in political interference in science, but there are ...

Since Trump came to office, more than 800 existing research NIH grants have been terminated. Grant reviews have been held up ...

The landmark ideas of Watson and Crick relied heavily on the work of other scientists. What did the duo actually discover? Many people believe that American biologist James Watson and English ...