Several other lists have been launched in the past year, but some scholars want research evaluation to take new forms.

Workers at the elite US university want higher pay, and ask for better protection for students at risk of deportation.

The agency is finally ready to distribute a spate of new grants, but it is also preparing substantial cuts to areas such as ...

Pressure on the heart as it pumps blood stops cancer cells from multiplying in mouse hearts. The beating of the heart stops ...

Extinct cephalopods might have been up to 19 metres in length and probably dined high up the food chain in ancient oceans.

Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.

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More than two-thirds of the public believe at least one false or unproven health claim — such as the idea that taking ...

Webs of star-shaped cells called astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules.

Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings ...

Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it A test of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in ...

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