Analysis of neuroimaging studies shows that close attention to experimental design can increase the statistical robustness of ...

Study participants rated fictional scientists who admitted their own knowledge gaps as more credible. Public trust in ...

Analysis of 200-million-year-old digested foods reveals how the animals became dominant.

Hundreds of pieces of fossilised faeces and vomit show how dinosaurs became Earth’s dominant land animals — plus, the search ...

Countries are meeting to agree the first ever global treaty on curbing plastic pollution. Research suggests where bans and incentives can make a difference.

Open-ended research is essential to building solid hypotheses in the social sciences — without it, even the best-planned ...

The UK, Canadian and Australian governments have introduced immigration restrictions for students.

Digital preservation is not keeping up with the growth of scholarly knowledge. Recognizing its causes is the first step to ...

The volatile substance will be driven across the CERN campus in trucks to different facilities, giving scientists greater ...

In the wake of one of Europe’s biggest natural disasters in 50 years, scientists must work with local communities to avert ...

PsiQuantum has ambitious goals to build a useful quantum machine by late 2027 — and has raised more than US$1 billion to do ...

Researchers hope that immunisation will provide much needed protection against the neglected parasitic disease in conflict ...