The South American empire lasted longer, and met more resistance, than scholars thought

The nation is on a trajectory to lead the world in science, a development that will reshape technological advancement, innovation and the balance of global power.

The enduring value of The God Delusion lies in its championing of reasoning and evidence, free speech and thinking for oneself.

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The most probable scenario is likely not what you think.

Starting my doctoral research over with a brand-new project was the best option.

An enzyme reconstructed from a three-billion-year-old bacterium widens gene editing capabilities to even more regions of the genome.

The Paper2Agent system makes it easier for researchers to reproduce papers and understand work in unfamiliar fields, authors say.

Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago.

Filling every spare moment with a podcast, message or social-media scroll may deny the brain a useful window for consolidating new memories.

An AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data.

The awards highlight weird, funny and improbable research that also makes you think.

As a truly binational public media station, Buffalo Toronto Public Media (BTPM) has proudly served the people of Western New York and Southern Ontario for over half a century, providing a community-su...

Spread of diseases between humans and animals is an issue around the world. But AI models can be used to monitor their progress.

Understanding the true magnitude of the current H5N1 outbreak is key to curbing its spread.

Edible bait vaccines made Europe virtually free from rabies. The approach could work against bird flu – if we invest in new vaccines.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Australian physicists are anxiously awaiting the arrival of precious crystals, which have been a decade in the making...

Proponents argue that the current system creates a false sense of precision, but critics fear that the change could increase political interference.

We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Emeritus Professor Michael Alpers AO CSM FAA FRS (St Mark’s 1953-54). Honoured internationally as a “pioneering scientist and compassionate humanitar...

New research suggests crocodiles used to have hot blood and fast metabolisms, but gave it all up to lurk underwater waiting for prey.

Is the evolution of excrement the reason we exist?

Viral sequences from Chilean mummies confirm the disease was introduced from Europe.

Mosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their range.

Researchers say that transparent publishing practices could be associated with research quality, but more evidence is needed.

A shift from nomadic lifestyles could have triggered linguistic diversity before it then declined rapidly.

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

Other researchers say that non-infectious viral samples in luggage posed no risk, but might have violated import rules.

Unlike all other mammals, seals can hear both in the air and underwater. How do they do this?