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Joel Habener, Whose Research Led to Weight-Loss Drugs, Dies at 88

Trump’s Steep Science Budget Cuts to Be Turned Back by Congress

Bird Flu Viruses Raise Mounting Concerns Among Scientists

New Children’s Vaccine Schedule May Not Be the Last of RFK Jr.’s Big Changes

Indian PSLV rocket apparently fails for 2nd launch in a row (video)

I visited the largest collection of public telescopes in the US in Oregon's high desert, and the dark skies blew me away

A Pulsar’s Twinkle Is Revealing the Hidden Texture of Space

NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them

Scientists Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Improve Solid-State Batteries

Microplastics detected in rural woodland - EurekAlert!