Scientists have found Siamese fighting fish are typically kept in containers just one-quarter the size they need to thrive, challenging decades of retail practice in the ornamental fish industry worldwide.
A new study published in Animal Welfare…
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Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done
Thousands of probationary federal employees received termination notices. Many were doing crucial work at science-related agencies.
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Why some chaos-seekers just want to watch the world burn
Since President Donald Trump took office a few weeks ago, the administration’s frenetic activity, which has included withdrawing from global agreements and slashing slashing federal jobs and funding, has left many people reeling….
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‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people
This is episode 2 of The Deep End. Listen to more episodes here.
Depression can affect not just the mind, but the body, too. Inner experiences of mental struggles are private. But in this episode, Jon Nelson and another volunteer,…
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The mood is ‘uncertain, anxious’ at 2025’s first big U.S. science meeting
BOSTON — The official theme of the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held February 13–15, is “Science Shaping Tomorrow.”
The unofficial theme is “uncertainty.”
With thousands of…
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NIH research grant cuts could deal a biting blow to crucial support staff
The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.
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A man volunteered to get brain implants for depression. Hear his story
Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing. But underneath it all, he suffered – for years – from severe depression. His suffering was so great that he volunteered for an experimental…
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Can geoengineering plans save glaciers and slow sea level rise?
A version of this article appears in the February 1, 2025 issue of Science…
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Will the Endangered Species Act survive Trump?
Now that Donald Trump has reassumed the presidency of the United States, scientists and legal scholars are bracing for his potential dismantling of a host of the country’s most pivotal environmental and conservation-oriented policies….
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Welcome to The Deep End, a new podcast about brain implants and depression
Brain implants for depression: It sounds like science fiction but it’s real. The Deep End, a new podcast from Science News, will give you a glimpse of what it’s like to live with electrodes in your brain. It might change how you…
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