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Biden’s proposed 5.7% boost for next year seen as inadequate

Zinc-based cells promise to be cheaper and safer for grid storage

On this week’s show: a collaborative, yet adversarial, effort to move forward the understanding of consciousness, and why ground-based measu...

Roots of today’s East Asians date back 19,000 years, ancient DNA study shows

Multidomain studies look for brain benefits from multiple lifestyle changes

First expulsion under academy’s 2019 policy

Batteries used in hearing aids could be key to the future of renewable energy

Transit systems in 60 cities show unique microbiomes

President asks U.S. intelligence agencies to report back in 90 days

Soil scientist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe would be first person of color to lead agency renowned for funding physics

A variety of short- and long-term plans could help end the pandemic—and prevent the next one

Successful reporting system helps flag real problems but is being twisted in COVID-19 era

Biotechnologists hope easing regulations will boost investment and speed commercialization

Playful aquatic mammals use six different calls to communicate

Research society rules also herald new ways to study development

Fossil treasure trove includes possible precursors to today’s flowering plants

Finding could have wide-ranging ramifications for weather patterns

When volunteering in a clinical study means choosing between science and personal safety

Cutting-edge neurological technique known as optogenetics logs first success treating human disease

Students lead nationwide demonstrations while academic leaders propose policy changes to help overcome the crisis

Failed replications rack up more citations than studies that hold up over time

On this week’s show: pairing therapy with ecstasy for post-traumatic stress disorder is key, and why it’s important to track effects on moms...

New techniques could help combat the flooding disasters triggered by sediment buildup

Researchers urgently seek better ways to reuse spent cells

Self-organizing organoids resemble a 1-month-old embryo’s heart