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Leading autism researchers and advocates formed a new independent committee to guide autism research priorities and counter recent federal changes. The group aims to unite the autism community and protect evidence-based research as funding reaches $568 million annually.
The researchers who collect specimens, prepare fossils, and build software that power breakthrough discoveries are stepping out of the shadows. A new movement is celebrating these essential contributors who make modern science possible.
Construction workers renovating San Pedro High School uncovered millions of fossils from over 200 ancient species, some nearly 9 million years old. Students are now helping researchers study an entire prehistoric ocean ecosystem discovered right beneath their classrooms.
Scientists discovered tiny pincers on a 500 million year old fossil that could rewrite the entire evolutionary history of spiders. This ancient creature is helping researchers understand how one of Earth's most successful animal groups came to be.
Chinese researchers discovered 550-million-year-old fossils that push back the timeline for complex animal life, including our earliest known ancestors. The find helps solve a longstanding mystery about how life evolved from simple organisms to the diverse creatures we see today.
More than 2,000 volunteers in Poland are helping scientists restore a massive prehistoric amphibian skeleton that's one of the best-preserved fossils of its kind ever found. The citizen science project at Warsaw's Copernicus Science Center lets everyday people contribute to groundbreaking paleontology research.
A scientist who revolutionized protein research is now tackling science's reproducibility crisis with AI. His new approach could help researchers separate reliable studies from questionable ones, speeding up cures for diseases like Alzheimer's.
Scientists now have access to an AI tool that filters through 150 years of research data to deliver trustworthy answers in seconds. CAS Newton helps researchers move from question to verified answer without drowning in information overload.
A new AI system from China's Zhejiang University just claimed the top spot on an international test for autonomous scientific research, beating out major competitors. The breakthrough shows how AI is getting better at thinking through complex research problems independently.
When US funding cuts threatened to collapse decades of life-saving health research in South Africa, the country fought back with a $32 million rescue package. Now 59 critical HIV and tuberculosis research projects are moving forward.
Billions in private donations are accelerating life-saving medical discoveries that might otherwise take decades or never happen. From cancer treatments to brain disease research, philanthropic funding is helping researchers pursue bold ideas with the flexibility government grants can't provide.
South Korea is creating a new research movement to produce globally recognized scientists like Jane Goodall by focusing on uniquely Korean topics. The K-Science initiative aims to blend the nation's culture, history, and environment with cutting-edge research.
Jennifer Ferris transformed a "Wild Wild West" research environment into a thriving 17-person operation, earning the first university-wide staff award ever given to UT Health Sciences' Knoxville campus. Her journey from solo clinical trial coordinator to award-winning director shows how one person's vision can reshape an entire research community.
Nigeria's medical research institute has unveiled a biobank containing over 400,000 biological samples that could revolutionize how the country understands and treats diseases. The massive collection offers locally generated data that researchers say will lead to better health outcomes for millions of Africans.
A 17-million-year-old ape fossil discovered in Egypt suggests scientists may have been searching for our earliest ancestors in the wrong part of Africa. The find challenges decades of research focused on East Africa and opens new paths for understanding human evolution.
Scientists in Egypt discovered 17-million-year-old ape fossils that suggest our earliest ancestors evolved in North Africa, not East Africa as researchers believed for decades. The breakthrough changes what we know about where humans, gorillas, chimps, and other apes came from.
Scientists at the University of Oklahoma discovered a 450-million-year-old fossil that preserved something almost never seen: soft tissue from an ancient sea creature. The find gives researchers an unprecedented look at life in Earth's earliest ocean ecosystems.
After federal research funding collapsed and thousands of scientists lost their jobs, a new model of community-driven science is taking root across America. From state-funded research bonds to mobile MRI scanners in rural towns, researchers are discovering that science doesn't need ivory towers to thrive.
A forgotten museum fossil is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about life 500 million years ago. The discovery suggests Earth's ancient oceans were teeming with far more life than researchers believed.
Scientists discovered over 700 fossils in China that rewrite when complex animal life began, proving our distant ancestors evolved millions of years earlier than we thought. The finding solves a mystery that's puzzled researchers for decades.
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