A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet ...

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To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Universities that do breakthrough-level studies are scrambling to understand the effects as their funding agencies slash ...

Feb. 8, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

I’m really annoyed, on behalf of the journalist Charles Piller, about the release date of his book “ Doctored: Fraud, ...

Science news this week Sept. 21, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Two decades after “The Republican War on Science” was published, the broader crisis has reached a level that hardly seemed possible in the recent past.

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