Science: Mo Brooks (R-AL), the chair of the House subcommittee that oversees the research budgets of the Department of Energy, NASA, NIST, NOAA, and NSF, has pledged to hold hearings on the science for and against anthropogenic climate change. In a wide-ranging Q&A with Science‘s Jeffrey Mervis, Brooks also discussed immigration policy, earmarks for basic research, and the necessity of reducing the federal budget deficit.
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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