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The UK is making plans to launch its own science funding programme in September, science minister George Freeman tells New…

Volunteers who maintain the standard of content on Reddit’s forums do 466 hours of work every day – labour that…

Theoretical physicists have hit on a new way to test Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, or general relativity, and—just maybe—probe…

An analysis of 120 of the world’s top-ranked English-language websites has found that many of them allow weak passwords, including…

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is…

In zoos and aquariums, some species of turtles and tortoises have a lower rate of ageing as they grow older…

Social, political and technological inertia mean the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures is…

DIVERSITY Groups regret ‘homosexuality’ views Two scientific societies this month disavowed their past involvement in practices and public statements that…

By Jason Arunn Murugesu A microscopic view of poliovirus Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy Poliovirus has been detected in a number of…

The shape of U.S. research is at stake as Congress tries to reconcile competing versions of a massive bill, 2…