These five early- and mid-career researchers are shaking up what we know about the Arctic, black holes and beyond.

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Expectations of continued success for American science were shaken this year when the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in funding and fired thousands of scientists.

You are participating in a holiday gift exchange with a few classmates. You each write down your own name on a slip of paper and fold it up. Then all the students place their names into a single hat.

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A machine learning analysis of wild lion audio reveals they have two roar types, not one. This insight might help detect where lions are declining.

Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and putting existing and future space missions on the chopping block.

People with Gulf War Illness found relief from migraines after a month on a low-glutamate diet, hinting at a new way to ease symptoms.

Recent U.S. decisions about vaccines signal bigger changes to come that could threaten the foundation of the national childhood immunization schedule.

Polar marine ecologist Marianne Falardeau investigates how Arctic ecosystems are shifting under climate change.

The moss species Physcomitrium patens is the latest organism to survive an extended stay in the vacuum and radiation of space.