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Shifting production from yew trees to yeast could lead to cheaper synthesis of a key ingredient in the cancer drug Taxol. scim.ag/4jPUHPH

Researchers say the recent jousting between India and Pakistan highlighted not only the political sensitivity of the Indus Waters Treaty, but also the increasingly urgent need to update it to reflect the ongoing impacts of climate change and population growth.

In the world’s hottest forests, scientists are probing how plants cope with rising temperatures. #LongReads scim.ag/3G1tM5o

A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the U.S. National Institutes of Health must immediately restore approximately 400 grants touching on politically sensitive topics that it abruptly canceled earlier this year. scim.ag/43KugpO

Astronomers have located a vast cache of previously unseen matter by probing the voids between galaxies with pulses of radio waves from distant explosions. scim.ag/407dNtm

In a desperate attempt to stave off the loss of billions of dollars every year, a coalition of higher education groups has agreed with the U.S. government that it’s time to revamp how universities are reimbursed for the cost of supporting research on their campuses.

About 100 million years ago, 23 kilometers west of what is today Denver, large groups of male Tyrannosaurus rex–like dinosaurs gathered to dance, twisting and kicking in what may have been one of the most elaborate mating rituals in the ancient world. scim.ag/43L8qCz

Specific molecules produced by bacteria in rotting food can activate these sucker sensors, causing octopuses to discard food or eggs that would make them or their offspring sick. Learn more: scim.ag/4jS1TuA

The conflict that began last week when Israeli drone and missile attacks destroyed nuclear facilities and killed top officials and weapons scientists in Iran has also devastated a top Israeli science institution, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.

To regain the lead in particle physics, the United States should build an entirely new type of “atom smasher” by the middle of the century. scim.ag/43YRDLb

Perfumes and lotions can chemically alter the air we breathe—weakening a phenomenon called the human oxidation field—researchers report. scim.ag/4ksEikN

The newly discovered microbe provisionally known as Sukunaarchaeum isn’t a virus. But like viruses, it seemingly has one purpose: to make more of itself. scim.ag/3Zx0UJ0

Human eyes have never seen the Sun’s south pole—until now. Learn more: scim.ag/45ThHK3

Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op-eds have been published in news outlets across the country showcasing federally funded research and why they should care that President Donald Trump’s administration is slashing support for science. scim.ag/4lb3exF

Scientists have found a surprise weapon in the shark immune arsenal: the pancreas. scim.ag/3STal1I

Breaking news: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved lenacapavir as an HIV preventive. scim.ag/44v7oKf

Compared with biomedicine and physics with their billion-dollar budgets, archaeology has always survived on a trickle of federal funding. But it has not escaped cuts by the administration of President Donald Trump. scim.ag/3HKU7p2

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to transform astronomy. Its wide and fast survey will discover billions of dynamic objects while building up a deep map of the universe. Learn more: scim.ag/45Akat3

This morning, the National Institutes of Health lifted a pause on funding to Columbia University, according to an internal memo viewed by Science. A few hours later, the agency refroze money to the school. scim.ag/3HLv4Ci

Following criticism for all-male winners in the past, women earned two of the three Frontiers Planet Prizes this year. scim.ag/40eGRiH