The star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, reaches one metre in diameter and has as many as 24 arms. But it disintegrates in a few ...

Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial ...

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Dozens of problematic papers remain in the literature, after a publication hit by fraudsters pledged to tackle the issue.

After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to ...

Solar panels that are 99% Moon dust could be a low-cost solution to powering a future lunar base 1. To survive in the harsh ...

Researchers are debating the strength of evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. But ...

The fierce debate about smartphones and adolescent mental health rests on conflicting science. Researchers and technology ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

More than 200 federal grants for research related to HIV and AIDS have been abruptly terminated in the past few weeks.

Smaller than a grain of rice, this injectable device could allow for minimally invasive heart-surgery — plus, research ...