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How do you prove that you’re observing a bizarre, featureless hole in the fabric of space and time?

On this week’s show: Federal regulators in the United States give up on quarantining a forest pest and researchers rattle robots around to o...

Proposals to halve doses or delay boosters seek to expand number of people who can quickly get at least one vaccine shot

Proposals to halve doses or delay boosters seeks to expand number of people who can quickly get at least one vaccine shot

Congress authorizes ramp up in AI spending and backs planning for a national cloud computing resource

Tamed botulinum toxin ferries miniature antibodies into nerves to reverse paralysis

Democrats in Congress might be able to quickly revoke policy

Luciana Borio, who worked in Trump’s White House, is now on Biden’s team

Gene therapy using “base editor” derived from CRISPR extends life span, preserved aortas in mice with progeria

Strategy provides extra push through water

Democratic takeover would help end Trump regulations and advance environmental legislation

Growing evidence that U.K. variant spreads faster triggers calls for tighter control measures

Finding suggests the bird transition from air to water may have been easier than thought

Green light for Bharat Biotech comes as company is still recruiting volunteers for its phase III trial

Amphibious marine mammal quite agile, even on land

As funders’ Plan S requirements begin, the open-access movement shows progress and faces questions

On this week’s show: Looking at the year ahead in research and science policy, and how living microbes in wildfire smoke could impact human...

Science’s news editors and writers predict this year’s biggest developments

Sinopharm efficacy news, British dosing schedule leave questions

Debate erupts over long-standing belief that warmer temperatures favor darker variants

Funnel-shaped pits capture prey when antlions add some extra sand

A Science Careers year in review

Edwine Barasa helps guide the government’s response with data—and quiet persistence

Christmas Eve agreement preserves U.K. participation in the Horizon Europe research program

Tiny biotech may struggle to find participants for its placebo-controlled efficacy trial