Jonathan Lambert

The National Science Foundation, which has a budget of around $9 billion, funds a wide range of scientific research through grants to research institutions. Over 60 grant review panels scheduled for this week were all canceled on Monday. The pause was to ensure compliance with recent executive orders from the Trump administration, the agency said in a statement to NPR.

It's unclear how long the pause could last. The delays come a week after similar pauses at the National Institutes of Health. Researchers say the uncertainty caused by the pauses could slow down scientific research. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

It's unclear how long the pause could last. The delays come a week after similar pauses at the National Institutes of Health. Researchers say the uncertainty caused by the pauses could slow down scientific research. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

The lives of pterosaurs are still somewhat mysterious. Despite their gargantuan size, pterosaur bones were actually quite fragile, and so fossils are rare. But one fossil that popped up in Alberta, Canada, the neck vertebrae of a juvenile pterosaur, is giving researchers a window into these flying reptiles' ancient lives.

The lives of pterosaurs are still somewhat mysterious. Despite their gargantuan size, pterosaur bones were actually quite fragile, and so fossils are rare. But one fossil that popped up in Alberta, Canada, the neck vertebrae of a juvenile pterosaur, is giving researchers a window into these flying reptiles' ancient lives.

The bone had bite marks that matched the teeth of a crocodilian species that lived at the same time around 76 million years ago. The find, published in the Journal of Paleontology, might be evidence of an ancient fight or that the crocodilian ate the pterosaur after it died. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

The bone had bite marks that matched the teeth of a crocodilian species that lived at the same time around 76 million years ago. The find, published in the Journal of Paleontology, might be evidence of an ancient fight or that the crocodilian ate the pterosaur after it died. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

Thank you. Excited to be here on my first News Roundup with y'all.

Thank you. Excited to be here on my first News Roundup with y'all.

Thank you. Excited to be here on my first News Roundup with y'all.

Contagious peeing in chimps. Need I say any more? No, please don't.

Contagious peeing in chimps. Need I say any more? No, please don't.

Contagious peeing in chimps. Need I say any more? No, please don't.

I love chirps. And space. And better vegan cheese. We really contain multitudes.

I love chirps. And space. And better vegan cheese. We really contain multitudes.

I love chirps. And space. And better vegan cheese. We really contain multitudes.

Yeah, okay. So to put this in context, have you ever heard of contagious yawning? Yeah, totally. Like if I yawn, you get the urge to yawn too? Yes.

Yeah, okay. So to put this in context, have you ever heard of contagious yawning? Yeah, totally. Like if I yawn, you get the urge to yawn too? Yes.

Yeah, okay. So to put this in context, have you ever heard of contagious yawning? Yeah, totally. Like if I yawn, you get the urge to yawn too? Yes.

So this observation got Ina wondering if this behavior might be socially contagious like yawning. And to see if it was, she spent more than 600 hours watching a group of 20 chimpanzees.