More than 100 clinical trials put stem cells for regenerative medicine to the test. It’s a turning point for a field beset ...

People have profoundly altered the planet’s soundscape. It’s time to quieten down so that other species can thrive.

D models of Australopithecus afarensis suggest the muscular adaptations that made modern humans better runners.

Gene-editing technologies for cancer and blood disorders are maturing a little more than a year after the first CRISPR drug ...

Knitted fabrics obey extremely complicated physics, arising from both the properties of the constituent yarn and the fibres’ ...

Lizzie Collingham is a historian of food and bye-fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK. Her books include The Hungry Empire ...

Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.

The system meant to ensure that international agreements are informed by a consensus of rigorous research is under severe ...

In the study, which has taken two years and was posted on 26 November to the medRxiv preprint server 1, a team of more than ...

Researchers have identified molecules circulating in the blood that are associated with age-related cellular deterioration 1.

Following the runaway success of ‘miracle’ drug Wegovy (semaglutide) and other GLP-1 agonists, 2025 is likely to bring ...

Anxiety, uncertainty and a renewed sense of purpose are surging in the community.