Daily briefing: Funding calls plummet as NIH turns away from agency-directed science

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00897-yThe US National Institutes of Health will now focus on ‘unsolicited’ research proposals driven by the interests of individual scientists. Plus, the oldest known recording of a whale’s song and how tiny electric vehicles can help to change the world.