DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking Island-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have pushed so many of their invertebrate kin into freefall around the world, new research on Fijian ant populations has found. Hundreds...
Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants
Court declined preliminary injunction in case brought by scientists seeking to halt purge of more than 1,600 grants The Trump administration can go ahead and purge more than 1,600 research grants issued by National Science Foundation (NSF) worth more than $1bn, after a judge declined to grant a preliminary injunction...
Octopuses prefer to use different arms for different tasks, scientists find
Creatures favour front arms for most tasks, study suggests, despite fact all eight arms are capable of all actions While some humans find they have two left feet on the dancefloor, octopuses manage to coordinate eight highly flexible arms across a host of behaviours, from foraging to den-building, or moving...
Interstellar overhype: Nasa debunks claim about alien-made comet
Nasa dismisses theory by Harvard astronomer who suggested an object from beyond the solar system could be a relic from a distant civilization Skywatchers at Nasa have discounted a Harvard astronomer’s hypothesis that a rare interstellar object hurtling through our solar system is a relic from a civilization in another...
She was adopted into an abusive US home. Decades later, immigration policies sent her back to Brazil
When Maria Pires was adopted from Brazil as a child, she believed she was officially an American
Longtime head of Mexican megachurch is indicted in New York on federal sex trafficking charges
A New York federal indictment has charged the longtime head of a Mexican megachurch with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking
Texas drops lawsuit against doctor accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says one of the first doctors in the U.S. accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found not to have broken the law
Trump’s emergency order for DC is set to expire, but House moves to place new limits on the city
President Donald Trump's emergency order that federalized Washington's police force is set to expire
Trial starts for a man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump
Opening statements are set to begin for the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a second term
Federal agents seize more than 600K illegal vapes in nationwide crackdown
Federal agents have seized illegal vaping products nationwide as the Trump administration cracks down on items often used by teens