Science: The Republican Congress adjourned last week without passing a 2007 budget for most federal agencies. The Democratic party, which won control of Congress last November has announced plans to apply current spending levels for the entire fiscal year. This decision will cause research cuts at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the in-house National Institute of Standards and Technology labs says Science.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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