U.S. energy secretary steps carefully around budgetmakers in Congress
Rick Perry distances himself from Trump’s proposal for deep cuts at DOE
Latest News
-
-
Top stories: How cats conquered the world, stratospheric balloons commercialized, and bird eggs explained
This week’s top Science news -
Leopard mothers show flexible child care
Cubs leave home at various times -
New ‘superglue’ could seal the deal for stretchable batteries, soft robots
Hydrogel adhesive fuses hard-to-bond materials like elastics and hydrogels -
Podcast: Contemplating the shape of eggs, doubly domesticated cats, and science balloons
On this week’s show: Why bird eggs come in all different shapes, plus a roundup from the daily news site -
A surprisingly simple explanation for the shape of bird eggs
Researchers crack a centuries-old mystery -
Commercial balloons in the stratosphere could monitor hurricanes and scan for solar storms
Companies like World View try to do for balloons what SpaceX has done for rockets -
Surge in wildlife killings is wiping out giraffes
Slow reproduction compounds impacts of poaching and habitat loss -
‘Bright night’ glowing sky mystery solved
Rare, high-altitude airglow can be brightened by weather patterns -
Artificial intelligence can predict which congressional bills will pass
Machine learning meets the political machine -
Curiosity rover decides—by itself—what to investigate on Mars
New software lets Curiosity take science into its own hands -
Bats really do harbor more dangerous viruses than other species
A new study is set to end a long-running debate among virus ecologists -
University of Tokyo scientist hit by anonymous allegations fights back
Biologist Yoshinori Watanabe publishes extensive response -
There are millions of protein factories in every cell. Surprise, they’re not all the same
Diversity among ribosomes could explain rare disease linked to the organelles -
New haul of distant worlds casts doubt on Planet Nine
Icy bodies show no sign of giant’s gravitational influence -
This paleontologist races the bulldozers to track down China’s dinosaurs
Xing Lida hopes to map Asian dinosaur habitats -
These female frogs are the first of their kind to croon to their guys
Unusual courtship behavior may be a rare example of sex role reversal -
Europe backs missions to search for Earth-like planets, deep space cataclysms
PLATO, LISA get green light from European Space Agency -
Computer chip mimics human brain, with light beams for neurons
“Optical neural networks” could one day power autonomous cars, data centers -
EPA axes 38 more science advisers, cancels panel meetings
Internal email details plans not to renew terms -
When will Alexa, Google Assistant, and other ‘chatbots’ finally talk to us like real people?
Alexander Rudnicky explains how this technology helps us—and might learn from us -
Q&A: Why a top mathematician has joined Emmanuel Macron’s revolution
New National Assembly member Cédric Villani sees a “unique and extraordinary” chance for reform -
Kepler telescope catalogs hundreds of new alien worlds, some potentially habitable
Gap between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes points to different origins -
Every year, thousands of drowned wildebeest feed this African ecosystem
Carcasses deliver massive pulse of nutrients to river ecosystem and meals for birds, crocodiles, and fish -
True altruism seen in chimpanzees, giving clues to evolution of human cooperation
Two studies show chimps helping out even those who aren’t related to them
