Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. [...]

Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights

Prehistoric mining in the Pyrenees, a new species of tiny blue octopus, slapstick acoustics, and more. [...]

20 things science has learned about longevity in the last decade

From the gut microbiome to the mechanics of cellular aging, here is what a decade of longevity research has revealed about how and why we age [...]

How a Citizen Science Organization Aims to Preserve the Places It Brings Tourists to Study

The actual eco-friendliness of ecotourism varies considerably. One research station in the Peruvian Amazon is out to prove it can bring visitors to the area without disrupting the environment. [...]

Quote of the day by Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang: "I appreciate that many of us grew up and enjoyed science fiction, but it's not helpful" — on quantifying the existential risks posed by AI

With prominent scientists and technologists frequently warning of the risks of AI, Jensen Huang eases concerns by lamenting the influence of sci-fi [...]

I turned my Android phone into a 35-tool science kit with one free app - and started testing everything

Phyphox can do so much that explaining it all would take hours. The real fun starts once you begin testing the world around you. [...]

Quote of the day by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: "If you go back say, 300 years, the things we take for granted today, you'd be burned at stake for" — echoes of science fiction

Elon Musk reflects on advances we've made in the 21st century and how, in times gone past, they would be considered "indistinguishable from magic" [...]

This Google-backed ‘phone cluster computing’ project is turning retired Pixels into low-cost Linux data centers — as UCSD researchers say a 2,000-phone cluster will soon support 100 computer science classes

Google says old phones could see their components reused as affordable cloud servers. [...]

Rethinking data science skills in the AI era: Practice still matters

AI puts skill development at risk for data scientists by minimizing hands-on practice and repetition. [...]