Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began.
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The Megaraptor Had Giant Claws and an Appetite for Crocodilians
A fossil of the 23-foot-tall predator could help unlock secrets of an order of dinosaurs that remain poorly understood.
Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Revealed by ‘Shockingly Beautiful’ Fossil
A specimen discovered in Mongolia is the most complete fossil yet found of a pachycephalosaur, a dinosaur believed to be built for head-butting.
These Ants Found a Loophole for a Fundamental Rule of Life
Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species.
When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness
The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people globally, many of them children. But campaigns to identify and treat it face formidable hurdles.
This Crocodile Relative Was One of Dinosaurs’ Most Fearsome Predators
A fossil found in Argentina shows that up to the very end of the age of dinosaurs, they faced serious competition from other reptile species.
Scientists Perform First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant
Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results.
A.I. May Be the Future, but First It Has to Study Ancient Roman History
A software model from Google DeepMind put a more precise date on an important Latin text credited to a Roman emperor as a demonstration of its capabilities.
This Dinosaur Probably Tweeted More Than It Roared
The anatomy of a Chinese fossil offers a hint that birdsong may be as old as the dinosaurs themselves.
Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship
Scientists are trying to understand footage that showed ocelots and opossums, usually predator and prey, hanging out together.
This Jungle Plant Is a Good Landlord to Its Tenant Ants
While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for multiple ant species.
How Elephants Say They Like Them Apples
Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their intentions and wants.
Fiona the Pregnant Sea Reptile’s Fossil Hints at the Birth of a New Ocean
An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.
U.S. Science Cuts in Antarctica May Embolden China and Russia
The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.
Israel and U.S. Smashed Iran Nuclear Site That Grew After Trump Quit 2015 Accord
Nuclear experts say the president’s rejection of the restrictive deal forced him to neutralize an Iranian threat of his own making.
Human Activity Is Driving the Evolution of Wild Animals, New Studies Find
Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild animals.
Regulators Approve Lenacapavir for H.I.V. Prevention
The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries.
DNA Discovery Gives Mysterious Ancient Humans a Face
Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull. The key? Tooth plaque.
Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Between Species
Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.
Radiation Risk From Israel’s Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites Is Low, for Now
The radiological threat from the targets of the earliest attacks are relatively minor.
Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.
Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs
The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.”
A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.
Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada.
These Plants Protect Larvae From Wildfires
Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.
This Was Odd: Capuchin Monkeys Kidnapped Howler Monkey Babies.
Male capuchin monkeys on a Panamanian island were documented carrying around infant howler monkeys for no clearly discernible reason.
How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff
The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its origin story.
This Fossil’s 3 Eyes Are Not Its Most Surprising Feature
Cambrian Period creatures known as sea moths seemed alien because of their additional eye, but a study finds anatomical features more in line with modern animals.
In Their Final Moments, a Pompeii Family Fought to Survive
Archaeologists unearthed skeletal remains of four people in a well-appointed Roman home, along with signs of their efforts to outlast the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
These Beautiful Birds Form Something Like Lasting Friendships
Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said.
These Apes Are Matriarchal, but It Doesn’t Mean They’re Peaceful
Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place.
