Major biomedical funder NIH poised for massive reform under Trump 2.0
The US National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is composed of 27 institutes and centres.Credit: Duane Lempke (CC0)
our cells learned to handle the stress that comes with size
Large brains place extra demands on nerve cells.Credit: Science Pictures Ltd/SPL Humans have evolved disproportionately large brains compared with our
Fragments of eternal youth
Jingex was feeling their age. Over the past 10 or 15 yahn cycles, they’d grown and grown and grown, until
Resistance to crucial malaria drug detected in severely ill kids in Africa
A child in Amuria, Uganda, is treated for malaria.Credit: Jake Lyell/Alamy Scientists have detected resistance to artemisinin, a key malaria
How stress can disrupt memory and lead to anxiety
Neurotransmitters in the amygdala might be why we have anxious responses in harmless situations.Credit: Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Stress makes
Geothermal power is vying to be a major player in the world’s clean-energy future
Nuclear-energy deals by technology giants Amazon, Microsoft and Google have sparked media attention around the world in the past few
In Kenya, global crisis sparked ‘a new way to do conservation’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Few places on Earth are as evocative — or as imperiled — as the vast grasslands of sub-Saharan
An elephant learns to shower — until her jealous rival turns to sabotage
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Huge carnivorous ‘terror bird’ rivalled the giant panda in size
The heavy-beaked predators called terror birds sat at the top of the food chain for much of the past 65
Can robotic lab assistants speed up your work?
Researcher Yan Zeng looks over the machinery at the A-Lab, a fully automated laboratory at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory