Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer, who died on 26 July at the age of 97, spent most ...

The institution agreed to increased federal oversight in exchange for restored grants and an end to government investigations.

Scientists record 9,000 hours of languages spoken in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa as free-access training data for AI ...

Science journalism is almost non-existent in Africa, even in the countries that are becoming crucial hubs for research. This ...

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response. The brain activates ...

Since the late 1990s, China has had several national-level talent recruitment programmes to attract overseas researchers, on ...

Early-career researchers’ access to neutron-beam instruments jumped from 61% to 78% at one Australian facility.

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae.

The researchers then created a compendium of the proteins found in each of the samples. They found age-related increases in ...

Data sleuths and research-integrity officers have different views on how to handle allegations of wrongdoing in science.

Decreased funding, reduced opportunities and growing uncertainty has made life tough for international postdocs living in the ...

The Tintina fault has triggered many more earthquakes than was thought — and a build-up of strain poses a hazard.