Scientists are crucial voices in the public debate about wicked problems—societal-scale, high-stakes issues with no clear ...

Microplastics research faces standardization challenges as viral headlines about "plastic in your brain" overshadow ...

A global study led by researchers at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, has found that ...

In a historic move, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that it will no longer seek research ...

Efforts have been underway for years to improve the replicability of research studies, but some are skeptical of the US government’s motivations to help ...

Is Cape Town hiding its water woes? An explosive UCT-led study has alleged that the city routinely downplays pollution, manipulating scientific data.

On 2 July, a science initiative was born in a lecture hall in London. The Metascience Alliance is a coalition of more than 25 ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory centre, the hippocampus, ...

Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

Nanodrones—very small unmanned aerial vehicles—are being explored for use in healthcare, environmental monitoring, industrial ...

Aston University biostatistician Dr. Dan Green has identified the top ten errors he commonly sees in research papers in his ...

Public trust in scientific integrity is eroded by the politicisation of institutions under Donald Trump's US presidency. The implications extend far beyond American borders, striking at the core of ...