The genomes of bacteria and fungi used in food production bear the signs of domestication also seen in crops and livestock. #ScienceMagArchives

If ants could speak, the tunnels of some colonies would echo with cries of, “The queen is dead, long live the queen!” Utterly devoted to their matriarchs, these social insects sometimes go through regime change, when a usurper infiltrates an established ant colony, kills the

An ancient body of water known as the Paratethys Sea once held more water than all of today’s lakes combined, and was inhabited by miniature versions of today’s whales, dolphins, and seals. #ScienceMagArchives

“It’s exciting to think that even the scars of these ancient creatures can reveal moments of their most intimate lives.” Learn more: https://t.co/i15XUGa1V4

In 2024, astronomers reported on the discovery of a highly unusual planetary system around a nearby star. #ScienceMagArchives

The U.S. Department of Energy is reorganizing its scientific efforts by establishing new offices for types of research favored by the White House.

While we humans may go to great lengths to conceal our feelings, our furry friends tend to wear their hearts on their tails. But according to new research, our understanding of canine emotions may not be as accurate as we think. Learn more in #ScienceAdviser:

The northern lights and their lesser-known sibling, the southern lights, undulate across the skies near Earth's polar regions. But the two aren't identical—and in 2019, researchers may have discovered why. #ScienceMagArchives

This wood “robot” can plant seeds in remote places. Watch it drill into soil on #WorldSoilDay: https://t.co/COSCIcP4Kh

In 2017, a lawsuit uncovered emails from Monsanto that suggested its employees helped ghostwrite an influential paper that claimed to find no evidence the company’s widely used herbicide, Roundup, caused cancer. Now, the paper has been retracted.

Understanding how these frogs withstand “murder hornet” stings could one day lead to new treatments for pain in humans.

Animal studies support the idea that boosting brain fluid clearance could blunt neurological disorders.

This fossil was a remarkable twofer: a dinosaur jaw plus an insect trapped in amber, all in one 75 million-year-old find. #ScienceMagArchives

Do you have what it takes to win Science’s #DanceYourPhD competition? We want you to top last year’s food-themed frolic from the Helsinki chemist who dressed up as a chili pepper. Or maybe you can get #AI to dance on your behalf? Learn more: https://t.co/orgnYP1Qbs

Last week’s funding boost comes as a relief to scientists working on several ESA science projects, including an x-ray observatory and a mission to Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

On Friday, advisers to CDC are scheduled to discuss the safety of vaccines that include aluminum salts, compounds long added to vaccines to boost their effectiveness. Here’s some background on why the agency is now scrutinizing aluminum salts. ⬇️

A century after the birth of quantum mechanics, its puzzles are pushing physicists to redefine reality—with themselves at the center. #LongReads

Fibers found on an ancient ocean voyaging canoe in New Zealand’s Chatham Islands roughly align with the first archaeological traces of human settlement on Rēkohu.

Researchers argue that cool weather spurred by previously unidentified volcanic eruptions set into motion a deadly chain of events, ultimately leading to the Black Death.

2021 marked the 1000th anniversary of Vikings in North America. #ScienceMagArchives