QED Science says that its metrics reduce bias by assessing papers solely on the basis of their originality and validity.

Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

Jaw-dropping patient videos and miraculous testimonials ignited a frenzy in China over a technique that aims to improve drainage from the brain. Now it is entering trials worldwide.

Two very different methods are used to estimate the human toll of heatwaves such as those now hitting parts of Asia and ...

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun turning away research grant applications for which the “primary function ...

Talent schemes helped to propel China to the forefront of global science. But the system places undue emphasis on prestigious titles as a means to secure career prospects, putting pressure on young ...

Analysis of one million diverse genomes yields mutations associated with lower risk of diabetes, heart disease and other ...

Neighbourhoods across the United States that experienced a growth in their undocumented population also saw property-related and violent crime fall, not rise, according to an analysis of 11,500 ...

The Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the country’s main funding agency, announced on 27 July that in 2028 it would cut all of ...

An analysis tool developed by Climate Central shows that human-caused climate change made the high temperatures in many parts of the ocean dozens of times more likely. “Basically, everywhere on Earth, ...