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SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president—what this could mean for US space policy

Why are child caregivers still paid less than retail workers? And how can Australia help fix it?

LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police—survey shows harassment, abuse and distrust

Hotel guests are getting used to refillable shampoos and less housekeeping, study suggests

How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism

From net zero to Indigenous knowledge, Australia has finally set new science priorities. How can it meet them?

Wildfires don't just burn farmland—they can contaminate water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock

New evidence from West Papua offers fresh clues about how and when humans first moved into the Pacific

A path toward understanding regional sea level rise

Environmental violence and enterprise: The outsized role of business for environmental peacebuilding

Opinion: Australian gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent an ad ban, but the evidence is against it

'Killer robots' are becoming a real threat in Africa

Advance in stem cell therapy: New technique for manipulating stem cells opens door to novel treatments

At its core, life is all about play—just look at the animal kingdom

Large language models pose a risk to society and need tighter regulation, say researchers

Employers should use science to optimize job interviews instead of relying on outdated misconceptions, say researchers

What makes a book a bestseller? It's tricky

NASA just shut down a planetary defense mission that tracks asteroids. Now what?

The plight of the pig-nosed turtle, one of the unlucky 13 added to Australia's threatened species list

The fight against the climate crisis must not increase inequalities, say researchers

Study finds protein reduces toxicity of graphene oxide for drug delivery

NASA demonstrates 'ultra-cool' quantum sensor for first time in space

International team discovers key protein that helps cells maintain their identity

Photolithography research shows computer chips have the potential to become even smaller

Researchers find climate efficiency of farming has been leveling off

New genetic editing technique can modify wild populations with less risk

Surprising insight into cancer comes from unique plant species with different solutions to evolutionary challenges

The biggest-ever sample of core material from Earth's mantle could have valuable clues into the origins of life

A galactic 'comet' called Terzan 5 illuminates a 100-year-old puzzle about cosmic rays

Scientists discover antlions' venom changed to adapt to their ecological niche

Expansion of agricultural land threatens climate and biodiversity, land-use model finds

Cosmic count exceeds expectation: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on ISS reveals surplus of cosmic rays

New surfactant from cashew nut shell liquid boosts industrial reactions

Novel anemometer tracks sound travel for speedier, more precise wind speed calculations on Mars

New technology offers a better look at tardigrade fossils embedded in amber

Cricket physics: Wind tunnel experiments reveal why bowling with a near horizontal arm makes for tough batting

Germany sees explosion in cases of bluetongue virus

Greek firefighters calm deadly Athens inferno

Scientists develop a unique approach to conserve the monarch butterfly

Wobbly molecules get a closer look with a new theoretical framework

Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system

New method paves the way for cost-effective and high-efficiency green hydrogen production

Lab experiment shows Joro spider heart rates fluctuate less under stress

Jamestown DNA helps solve a 400-year-old mystery and unexpectedly reveals a family secret

AI enhances chemical analysis at the nanoscale

A new approach to fine-tuning quantum materials

Shipping emissions regulations enacted in 2020 improved air quality but accelerated warming, study finds

Findings reveal eurypterids evolved giant size independently at least nine times

Starvation and adhesion drive formation of keratinocyte patterns in skin, research reveals

Modified solvents achieve vastly increased potentials for oxidation