The outlook has brightened for federal science budgets, but political appointees are likely to have a big say in how that ...

Among the most famous demonstrations of genetic mutations driving infection outcome is severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID ...

A ferocious surge of flu cases is linked in part to a variant that has not been dominant in the past few years — resulting in ...

A rare sample from a woolly rhinoceroses reveals how the population changed in the lead-up to the species’ extinction.

Artificial intelligence use can boost outputs, at the cost of research breadth — plus, solving the mystery of the Universe’s ...

Symmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written ...

Genes that protect the body against infection during youth can do harm in old age, according to a study 1 in mice. The ...

Trust in science needs researchers, journals and institutions to correct the scientific record quickly and transparently when ...

Hijacking the energy-producing organelles from immune cells seems to help tumours in mice to infiltrate lymph nodes.

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby ...

Studies aiming to maximize human creativity demonstrate that people work best when buoyed up by others who show them new ways ...