Ann Gibbons

Bronze Age loom weaves a tale of ancient textiles | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

The scale is shocking: A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce. nature.com/immersive/d415…

NIH research grant funding rates plummeted in 2025 | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

These losses in PhDs represents 14% of the total number of Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and math or health fields employed at the end of 2024U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

My story on an incredibly rare partial skeleton of an iconic human relative: The earliest Homo species did not look human, partial skeleton shows | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

My colleague Jon Cohen writes: The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

This is sad news. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to shut down axios.com/local/pittsbur…

14 of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers now lack a permanent leader. of neuroscience institute chief adds to NIH’s leadership vacuum | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

My fundraiser got some press! Lea is too kind to me— this is such important public health research to me sets finding. Fundraiser for epidemiologist focused on ticks mvtimes.com/2025/11/26/fun… via @TheMVTimes

I write about how new fossils form Ethiopia are helping solidify the identity of a mysterious hominin that lived 3.4 million years ago: A puzzling, 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot belonged to a contemporary of the famed Lucy | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Lea Hamner is the only epidimiologist studying tick-borne diseases on Martha's Vineyard, but her funding was cut. Her research is essential to combat this growing threat on the Island, which is an epicenter for these diseases, and beyond.. gofund.me/c8e2c824e

And Neanderthals didn’t even drink protein powder! A fascinating story by my colleague Mike Price: Did lead poisoning doom Neanderthals? | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

In the more than 20 years since the term “microplastics” was first coined, a rapidly growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic the pollutants have become. A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding #microplastics. scim.ag/3Dwbac5 #ScienceMagArchives

I write about a beautiful fossil hand skeleton from an ancient relative of ours shows it had huge hands but also was probably adept with tools. An ancient cousin to humans probably built tools with its huge hands | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

By drilling a core, researchers could see the rise and fall of mining pollution --and the ancient economy: Great Britain’s economy didn’t completely tank after Romans left, countering conventional wisdom | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Human ancestors braved England’s ice-covered northlands 440,000 years ago | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…