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Asian honey bees defend their hives with aggressive tactics and a smelly deterrent

Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez bolstered the country’s health system but rejected universal testing

New society aims for transparency and culture change in ecology

Regulation would reduce value assigned to “cobenefits” of new rules

UAE health ministry reports 86% protection against infections in trial, but offers little data

The mass of buildings and other infrastructure exceeds that of all trees, shrubs, and animals on the planet

Analog of ibogaine could hold hope for humans

With no military of its own, European Union funds work on camouflage, drones, and laser weapons

Plan calls for a subtle but crucial shift toward applied research in Department of Energy fusion program

A lab for uranium metallurgy and a heavy water reactor capable of accumulating plutonium would pose new headaches for efforts to rein in Ira...

But the reefs appear to require unpolluted water in order to resist worsening effects of climate change

Deaths and injuries from heat exposure are projected to increase as the climate warms

They burn faster and kill more trees, analysis of California fires reveals

Dung baths could help iconic bear endure cold temperatures

Farmers lost fewer calves when they moved herds away from cheetah communication hubs

President-elect also plans to nominate California attorney general to head up Department of Health and Human Services

Researchers debate whether climate change is to blame for monster African event

The federal government may set vaccine priorities, but one leader of a hospital system says she and others on the ground need flexibility to...

Vaccine aims to elicit broadly protective antibodies against the “stalk” of a surface protein on influenza viruses

Samples could yield clues as to how water and complex organic molecules reached Earth

Both methods can treat people with sickle cell disease or beta-thalassemia, but likely will be too costly for many for now

Consistency across agencies is expected to boost compliance—and preempt harsher measures

Global review on soil biodiversity calls for protecting often overlooked subterranean life

New studies of environmental DNA approach a long-sought goal: measuring abundance of marine fish

But decision to prioritize failed hydroxychloroquine treatment draws criticism