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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...