Following theft accusations, a German museum is set to hand over a one-of-a-kind dinosaur specimen with feather-like structures.

Some researchers worry that regions including Africa will suffer if global attention moves away from the outbreak.

Regulation aims to reduce facilities’ emissions of climate-altering gases — a goal that could require carbon burial.

It pays to be an warm hunter in the cold ocean depths, so the animals shut down oxygen intake to conserve heat.

At 25 days old, specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb.

Panellists say that making the contraceptive available in the US without a prescription will benefit women’s health.

Researchers release draft results from an ongoing effort to capture the entirety of human genetic variation.

British fertility regulator reveals that at least one child has been born using mitochondrial replacement therapy, but details are scant.

British fertility regulator has revealed that the controversial treatment has been used to create a child, but details are scant.

Exotic particles called nonabelions could fix quantum computers’ error problem.

Opposition alliance agrees it’s time for military-era council to go. Governing party silent on calls to axe body with the power to hire and fire academics.

EcoHealth Alliance lost funding during the Trump administration, but can now proceed with its research — under extensive restrictions.

Chief of US public-health agency announced her departure as COVID-19 emergency declarations end.

Some institutions arrange for highly cited researchers to change their main affiliations, which boosts their position in global university rankings.

The nation’s support for the International Space Station until 2028 is a relief for international scientists who depend on it for their research.

The pandemic has been on a “downward trend”, but the risk of new variants remains, says WHO director-general.

Results suggest that the amyloid-targeting drug candidate slows cognitive decline in some people, but questions remain over its potential side effects.

US space agency plans to shift the New Horizons planetary probe to studying heliophysics, and some scientists don’t agree.

Language models similar to those behind ChatGPT have been used to improve antibody therapies against COVID-19, Ebola and other viruses.

Fruit-fly cells use previously unknown complex cellular structures to store phosphate, a molecule essential to life

New analysis of genomic data from market swabs highlights their limitations.

Green light from US regulatory agency for GSK’s jab caps off a decades-long quest.

A massive gravitational-wave detector and the new solar telescope are among the priorities on funders’ latest roadmap.

An innovative method reveals that an ancient trinket was handled by a woman some 20,000 years ago.

Software from Baidu Research yields jabs for COVID that have greater shelf stability and that trigger a larger antibody response in mice than conventionally designed shots.

Easy gains from upgrading power-plant smokestacks will be strengthened only by deeper policy changes.

Three years after the start of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 shows no signs of settling into a seasonal pattern of spread, like influenza has.

Researchers question the government’s investment, given uncertainties about the technology.

New institute aims to enshrine inclusivity in all aspects of neuroscience and psychology research.

Clashes have left hospitals and universities without water and power — and vulnerable to takeover by armed groups.

Observations of galaxy M87 show how the black hole at its centre relates to a long-seen stream of superheated matter.

Ex-Harvard researcher was among the first academics tried under the now-defunct US China Initiative.

Mission control was unable to re-establish contact with the M1 spacecraft, and early signs suggest it crash-landed on the lunar surface.

Images from the UAE’s Hope mission suggest that the moonlet’s composition is similar to that of the red planet’s surface.

The majority of sequences come from people who lived in Western Eurasia, but samples from other regions are on the rise.