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Brought to you by Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology Now accepting entries for the US$ 25,000 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology Deadline: June 15, 2025 Visit www.eppendorf.com/prize VOLUME 387 | ISSUE 6736 | 21 FEB 2025 Editorial Editorial A direct hit By H. Holden Thorp Read more News In Brief News at a glance Read more In Depth  |  Science Policy Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies By John Travis, Katie Langin, et al. White House’s sweeping, chaotic dismissals shatter careers and threaten research efforts Read more In Depth  |  Animal Behavior Researchers seek lessons from animals’ growing pains By Ann Gibbons Studies reveal common patterns of adolescence in chimps, elephants, and dolphins Read more In Depth  |  Energy Technology Sodium batteries power up By Robert F. Service Batteries based on sodium could aid a future green energy economy—if they can match lithium batteries’ performance Read more In Depth  |  Astrophysics A new origin story for the highest energy cosmic rays By Adrian Cho Curious similarity among space particles points to neutron star mergers Read more In Depth  |  Agriculture Crop research hit by U.S. foreign aid freezes By Dan Charles, Erik Stokstad A court ruling may temporarily ease funding problems, but long-term outlook is uncertain Read more Feature Cutting AI down to size By Sandeep Ravindran Many artificial intelligence models are power hungry and expensive. Researchers in the Global South are increasingly embracing low-cost, low-power alternatives Read more Insights Expert Voices Quantum computing requires high-performance software By Jerry M. Chow Read more Perspective  |  Neuroscience Evaluating animal consciousness By Kristin Andrews, Jonathan Birch, et al. An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically Read more Perspective  |  Evolutionary Biology Enabling evolvability to evolve By Edo Kussell A multilevel population architecture enables bacteria to evolve increased adaptability Read more Perspective  |  Additive Manufacturing Connecting the dots for cooling By Lara Perren, Maksym Yarema Semiconductor particles are fused to make a thermoelectric cooler Read more Perspective  |  Neuroscience An innate drive to save a life By William M. Sheeran, Zoe R. Donaldson In mice, two brain regions drive the impulse to revive an unconscious companion Read more Policy Forum  |  Computing High-performance computing at a crossroads By Ewa Deelman, Jack Dongarra, et al. 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Read more Research Article  |  ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Spiro-C(sp3)-atom transfer: Creating rigid three-dimensional structures with Ph2SCN2 By Qiu Sun, Jan-Niklas Belting, et al. Read more Research Article  |  NEUROSCIENCE Neuronal FAM171A2 mediates α-synuclein fibril uptake and drives Parkinson’s disease By Kai-Min Wu, Qian-Hui Xu, et al. Read more Errata Erratum for the Research Article “Building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually” by Van Roijen et al. Read more Careers Working Life Comic relief By Avraneel Paul Read more FIRST RELEASE Read accepted papers posted online ahead of journal publication View all First Release Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. Sign up to delve deeper into what matters most in Science and science. 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