Legendary country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80 after “a brief battle with cancer”, her representatives ...

The long-standing ‘gallium anomaly’ concerning neutrinos could have been a misunderstanding all along.

Geochemical clues hint that worm-like creatures in the Ediacaran period benefited from symbiosis with bacteria.

Global warming is making high-altitude regions unstable, and could trigger more frequent landslides and floods.

Humanoid robots broke records at sporting events such as sprints, but struggled at practical tasks such as hammering nails.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds as have ...

Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.

The plan to force some scientists to register with a professional body could protect people and the environment, but the ...

Science sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies.

Some male hormones could help nerve cells in the lungs to suppress asthma attacks. Asthma is a respiratory illness caused by ...

Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.

Health-care partnerships can provide other nations with cheap diagnostics, medicines and more — but global institutions ...