Humans have been making music for millennia. By the third millennium bc, sculptures and early written records suggest that ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

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Communities of researchers worldwide are taking on the toxic research cultures that drive poor psychological health among ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

With efforts towards gender equality stalling, voting in a first female head of the UN would provide powerful representation ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.

Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

In total, childhood vaccinations have saved about 154 million lives over the past 50 years. Most of these are thanks to the ...

US National Science Foundation announces lowest number of Graduate Research Fellowship Programme recipients in 15 years.

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...