Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once endangered species is thriving. A population of Aldabra giant tortoise lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll. Continue reading...

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win prize for bringing laboratory reactions closer to life’s selectivity

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win prize for bringing laboratory reactions closer to life’s selectivity

But winner Francis Halzen emphasises role of collaborators and of “luck”

All seven winners of this year’s science prizes were men. Some say this shows a disappointing lack of progress towards diversifying the awards.

Bond's invisible Aston Martin and Potter's invisibility cloak aside, what have metamaterials done for us? Not much in the real world yet, but from relatively mundane beginnings in all-optical communic...

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Gender bias in Nobel prizes

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts.

A jury weighs in on whether a latecomer is simply using their time efficiently or disrespecting their colleagues.

EU governments also asked to restore country’s access to Erasmus+ and €4.2 billion cohesion funds

Commission says EU R&I programme now unable to fund 75 per cent of high-quality applications

EU governments also asked to restore country’s access to Erasmus+ and €4.2 billion cohesion funds

Earth contains more than enough heat to power humanity many times over, but so far only a few lucky places have been able to exploit it. Now we may have a way to tap this vast clean energy source almo...

Find and participate in consultations relating to the duties of the Ministry of Justice.

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A decade after the vote, universities are still grappling with consequences in research and recruitment

As heatwaves become more common around the world, researchers are racing to understand how best to cool classrooms

I don’t believe in ghosts. But for the bereaved, receiving ‘messages’ from beyond the grave can help us feel connected to the departed

Hungary has an opportunity to reclaim its universities—and European standing, says Kurt Deketelaere

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Ruth Francis.

UKRI exit from LHCb upgrade is a disastrous pivot in particle physics, says Vincenzo Vagnoni

Cutting the UK out of the Electron-Ion Collider project will damage science, says Daria Sokhan

In the US and the Global South, local ‘microgrid’ power networks are being adopted in neighbourhoods battling rising heat