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A team of astronomers that last year reported evidence for gravitational waves from the early Universe has now withdrawn the claim. A joint analysis of data recorded by the team’s […]

Pathogen related to polio and common cold could be the cause — but little is known for sure.

Millions of men bear the genetic legacy of Genghis Khan, the famously fertile Mongolian ruler who died in 1227. Researchers have now recognized ten other men whose fecundity has left a […]

Critics of genetic engineering have long worried about the risk of modified organisms escaping into the environment. A biological-containment strategy described this week in Nature has the potential to put some […]

Women shy away from fields in which talent, not hard work, is thought to be key, survey suggests.

Microscopes make living cells and tissues appear bigger. But what if we could actually make the things bigger?

An ‘essentially unbeatable’ algorithm for the popular card game points to strategies for solving real-life problems without having complete information.

Companies and clinicians turn to ketamine to treat mental-health disorder as pipeline of new drugs dries up.

In a mountain meadow in Colorado, ecologists have come across yet another example of the amazing interconnectedness of nature’s flora and fauna.  Black bears, by eating ants, help one of […]