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Important Notice for the Recruitment of a new Division Director for Social and Economic Sciences

Salt: Mover and shaker in ancient Maya society

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NSF announces $24.2 million to support research fueling smart cities and communities

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NSF awards $15 million to understand how people can better interact with the environment

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Flooding by design: planning, development, and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience

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Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Evidence of 7,200-year-old cheese making found on the Dalmatian Coast

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Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

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NSF invests in research to help disrupt operations of illicit supply networks

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How we judge personality from faces depends on our beliefs about how personality works

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Scarlet macaw DNA points to ancient breeding operation in Southwest

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Face Blindness study sheds light on typical brain function

Science Nation

Neurons can carry more than one signal at a time

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How looking at the big picture can lead to better decisions

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NSF selects Arthur Lupia to head Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate

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Visual perceptual skills are updated by process similar to memory reconsolidation, study finds

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New research draws a map for brain response to touch in young babies: Lips play a central role

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First dogs in the Americas arrived from Siberia, disappeared after European contact

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New insights on insight in the brain

Discovery

Lemurs can smell weakness in each other

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Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails

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Left, right and center: mapping emotion in the brain

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UW study shows how instruction changes brain circuitry in struggling readers

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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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