New mineral analyses may explain the mysterious gap that was present before oxygen flooded our planet billions of years ago. https://scim.ag/4hQ0lUo

What triggered one of the most dramatic changes in Earth’s history?

New science may explain mysterious gap before oxygen flooded our planet billions of years ago

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"Doctors took Mei for a full-body CT scan and then rushed her to the intensive care unit. Her brave face had begun to crack. 'Mom, I want to go home,' she told her mother, before vanishing into the ward." Brendan Borrell for @science.org and @retractionwatch.com: www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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Don’t miss this week’s issue of #ScienceSignaling, featuring new discoveries about how a receptor found on “clean-up” microglial cells can be targeted to foster cognitive and motor recovery after stroke in mice. https://scim.ag/4fPyzFc

🎉 Congratulations to Jan Elaine Soriano, winner of the 2026 Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation for work that could prevent blood pressure crises after spinal cord injury. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4wCDDUj

A complete skeleton of the archosaur Austronaga minuta, recovered in Early Triassic deposits from southwest China, has several specialized features indicative of an aquatic lifestyle, according to new research. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4pLIct4

Highly aquatic marine stem archosaur with soft tissue preservation

A 240-million-year-old reptile exhibits elongate forelimbs, a morphology consistent with adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle.

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Jennifer Ackerman's What an Owl Knows "is a fascinating read on how scientists are beginning to better understand the lives and ecology of these secretive and rarely visible birds." Read the #ScienceBooks Review on #OwlAwarenessDay: https://scim.ag/3RLJV52

A subset of cytotoxic T cells help control chronic viral infections in mice by transiently producing IL-21. Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/4wrDUtj

Dynamic expression of IL-21 in effector CD8 T cells helps control chronic infections

Activated CD8 T cells transiently produce IL-21, creating highly proliferative killers that help control chronic viral infection.

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Newly found earthworks suggest that about 3 million people might have lived in just about 3% of the Amazon rainforest’s entire area. https://scim.ag/45BE4Cx

Odd shapes hidden in dense Amazon rainforest reveal sprawling ancient civilization

Newly found earthworks suggest about 3 million people might have lived in just about 3% of the forest’s entire area

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16 months after a young girl died in a gene-editing trial, the study's entry in clinicaltrial. gov has finally been updated to acknowledge the death. The move comes after @science.org and @retractionwatch.com revealed the fatality 1/ science.org/content/arti...

A new study finds many saber-toothed cats had hampered mobility, a side effect of heritable deformities and rare nerve tumors brought on by generations of inbreeding. https://scim.ag/4x74V5c

Saber-toothed cats became inbred—and struggled to move—before they went extinct

Population declines led to spike in spinal deformities and rare tumors, fossil study suggests

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Inspired by dandelion seeds, researchers designed an ultra-light “dandidrone” capable of passive flight and controlled movement, advancing the frontier of energy-efficient, autonomous flight at miniature scales. Learn more in the latest issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3S44ART

"When a conversation slows, I no longer see it as a sign of failure. I see it as evidence that we are finally doing the harder work of understanding one another." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4x9jwgp

An analysis of patient data and mice untangles how sympathetic and sensory nerve crosstalk drives progression of oral cancer and triggers neuropathic pain by raising adrenergic sensitivity and peripheral neuroplasticity. Discover more in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine: https://scim.ag/4xbuEJN

Cancer-induced nerve injury unveils a sympathetic-to-sensory nerve axis in a mouse model of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Sympathetic-sensory nerve cross-talk drives tumor progression and neuropathic pain in oral cancer, implicating peripheral neuroplasticity as a target.

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These killer flies zigzag in flight to escape their cannibal mates. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4xdEB9K

Social robots that use expressive gestures increase human engagement but reduce trust if they make errors during conversations, according to new human-robot interaction research. Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/4hzZ3gg

Multilevel dynamics of the brain, hormones, mind, and behavior in social human-robot interaction

Expressive design boosts engagement, yet robot errors trigger an oxytocin-linked shift from trust to vigilance.

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On the latest @science.org podcast, Chris Bird discusses his #ScienceRobotics paper on using ultrawideband radar to measure muscle forces—useful for assistive devices and rehabilitation. Listen here: ttps://www.science.org/content/podcast/ai-s-influence-society-measuring-muscles-and-crick-biography

When hurricanes blow through Turks and Caicos, a silver key anole’s ability to hold onto its perch in strong winds can be a matter of life or death. A new study identifies a gene that might help these lizards get a better grip. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hCj59O

A scientist is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4oDvjAa #ScienceMagArchives

Wolves have made a spectacular comeback in Europe. But attacks on livestock and humans have caused a heated debate about the limits of coexistence. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4a9BfLS

Peptide enthusiasts might soon be able to buy the controversial products more easily from regulated sources. https://scim.ag/4pLVPZl

FDA committee votes to make peptides more widely available

The loosely regulated molecules could soon become easier to buy, despite unknowns about their risks

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This week on the @science.org podcast, we check in with Celina Zhao on her beat -- the interaction between AI advances, science, and society. Here we are talking about the ability for chatbots to find legal loopholes Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

This July my two major research tracks both have matured enough to be recognized by my peers via @science.org. Gratitude to my lab people & collaborators. I hope you enjoy reading the papers as much as we enjoyed working on them:(5/5) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Behold, my first-ever TikTok appearance! (About the not-so-icy "ice giant" planets for @science.org)🧊🪐 www.tiktok.com/@sciencemaga...

Astronomy lovers around the world mourned when beloved underdog Pluto got downgraded out of our Solar System model to a “dwarf planet.” There may be more pearl clutching yet to come: Uranus and Neptun...

TikTok video by Science Magazine

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Neptune’s inner moons may have formed from the deep interiors of ancient icy satellites, new observations show. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4pGwU9f

Neptune’s inner moons and rings are exposed icy body interiors

Triton’s destructive wake exposed clay-like minerals from within ancient icy worlds, now reaccreted as Neptune’s inner moons.

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By leveraging strategic chemical design, researchers have designed an analog of the #psychedelic drug quipazine to produce fewer gastrointestinal side effects in mice while maintaining its ability to alleviate depression-like behaviors. #ScienceSignaling https://scim.ag/3RN4xK4

Design of a new psychedelic quipazine analog with therapeutic efficacy and potentially fewer side effects

A psychedelic derivative promotes synaptic and behavioral plasticity without affecting GI motility.

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More than half of #AI’s top startups have never played a leading role in publishing a scientific paper or preprint, according to a new analysis. Collectively, they accounted for just one in every 1000 AI papers published in 2025. https://scim.ag/3TJB4kR

AI’s top startups are barely publishing their research

More than half of AI “unicorns” have never published a paper or preprint

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New paper out today @science.org ! 🐟🧬🧪🦑 #aDNA #genomics #fisheries www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Bastiaan Star and I discuss applications of marine archaeogenomics for fisheries conservation & restoration in light of recent advances in the field

Beyond the scales: Marine archaeogenomics for the conservation and restoration of fisheries

Protection and restoration of marine environments are essential for food security and climate change mitigation. Yet historical and archaeological research have shown that conservation and management ...

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This month in our @science.org podcast biography series, Angela Saini talks with Matthew Cobb about what made Francis Crick such a fascinating subject for his book: Crick: A Mind in Motion. Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc... All our biographies so far: www.science.org/content/blog...

Ebola may have been spreading for months in the DRC before anyone recognized it. A new reconstruction suggests the outbreak was already widespread in the gold-mining town of Mongbwalu by January. It wasn’t officially declared until 15 May. Why did no-one raise the alarm? My story for @science.org 🧪

EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detected

A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says

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A liposomal nanoparticle therapeutic takes advantage of temporary blood-brain barrier disruption after surgical resection of #glioblastoma tumors to penetrate margins and deliver drugs such as doxorubicin, according to new preclinical work in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/4vUbUNN

Targeting therapeutic nanoparticles to the glioblastoma resection margin by harnessing postoperative blood-brain barrier disruption

A transient, postoperative window of blood-brain barrier permeability enables repurposing of clinically used liposomal nanoparticles for glioblastoma.

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