Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

The age at which a person is diagnosed with autism can be partly explained by genetic factors.

I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations ...

Beyond primatology, Goodall’s legacy is the generations of women she inspired to follow in her footsteps into fieldwork, says ...

Shutdowns “can have a significant impact on the scientific research enterprise, and a lot of that does depend on how long a ...

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...

DNA computers can use biological material to perform mathematical functions and store information, but their power sources have been fragile. Researchers now say they’ve developed a reliable source: ...

The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can ...

Bacteria insert proteins into their outer membrane using a highly conserved apparatus known as the β-barrel assembly ...

Some bacterial-infecting viruses use ‘sponges’ to mop up defence molecules, but bacteria can fight back by responding when a ...

Infections particular to our genome may have helped drive human-specific traits — plus, using heat to power DNA computers.

A tool called Funding the Frontier visualizes all the downstream impacts of funding — and predicts which studies will have ...