UN in talks with governments and funding bodies to save highly-cited, 40-year health data set used by researchers in more ...

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James Bradley studies the microbes thriving in extremely cold environments. “This photograph, taken in February, captured the ...

Conventionally, the doctorate was a stepping stone to a lifelong career in academia. But today, the number of PhD graduates ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

Largest study of its kind explores the ‘Matthew effect’ in research. Perseverance is key when it comes to securing science ...

Long cast as villains, some protists, such as Blastocystis, are potentially beneficial to human health.

There might be a paradox in the biology of ageing. As humans grow older, their metabolisms tend to slow, they lose muscle ...

Studies of the regenerative powers of worms, zebrafish and lizards suggest ways to improve recovery in people.

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...