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

Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug designed to treat the root cause of ...

Shinya Yamanaka doesn’t see himself as a celebrity. But people do recognize the stem-cell researcher when he’s out for a run, often while training for a marathon, on the streets of Kyoto, Japan. Many ...

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

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

Letting powerful academics off the hook and punishing the people they bullied sends the message that abuse is acceptable in ...

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.

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

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

Moderna’s newly approved vaccine could allow manufacturers to respond more rapidly to changing influenza strains.

An AI fact-checking tool found errors in molecule boiling points listed in a chemistry reference database. Credit: Monty ...