Twenty years of publishing data across many countries and disciplines show women are more likely than men to leave research.

In a deft experiment, biologists have recreated a system that could have birthed essential cell features such as mitochondria ...

Sociologist Gabriele Jacobs believes AI can be a useful tool in public safety, if developed ethically and responsibly.

As development of the technology accelerates, countries are weighing the costs and benefits of how they regulate it.

Pulses of light and sound seem to have beneficial effects. But some argue it is too soon to market experimental devices.

Age impedes the ability of the brain’s stem cells to churn out new cells, but the study’s authors found that reducing the ...

The number of new drugs approved each year increased steadily in the first few years of the analysis period, and more than 40 ...

Using creative approaches and next-generation tools, these researchers hope to shed light on long-standing mysteries in ...

The chatbot excels at science, beating PhDs on a hard science test. But it might ‘hallucinate’ more than its predecessors.

PhD students in Sweden accessed mental-health services at increasing rates as their studies went on. The pressure to collect ...

Pathogenic viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive on plastic. The biohazard risks of this ‘plastisphere’ shouldn’t ...

Volunteers played a key part in validating a gigantic neuroscience study mapping the fruit-fly brain. It shows what can be ...