The changes announced by a major UK science funder are putting scientists — and the future of research — in a difficult position.

Although the government says the move will depoliticize US science, some researchers say it will do the opposite.

China’s science ministry will crack down on universities that fail to investigate or sanction researchers who are involved in ...

The oval-shaped board has a pattern of carved lines that do not resemble those of any of known game, modern or ancient.

Macrophage-like cells consume waste lipids made during waking hours — plus, an ancient European population that shunned ...

Meuse river delta resisted population shifts that transformed most of Europe — until they helped catalyse the expansion of ...

Massive cuts to global health-care funding have had a huge impact on the continent, but a more resilient system can be built ...

Geopolitical trends might be heading in the wrong direction, but economic forces are aligning around a future economy centred ...

The study of the gut microbiome of infants in nurseries revealed that peer-to-peer interaction during the first years of life ...

In the early 1960s, after studies confirmed that it was linked to congenital disorders in more than 10,000 children, ...

The species in which monkeypox virus naturally circulates is uncertain, but wildlife surveillance data suggest that the fire-footed rope squirrel is a likely candidate.

Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President ...