Members of the Swedish royal family join laureates on stage at the 2023 Nobel awards ceremony.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Nobel prize season is always a time of excitement and speculation about potential winners, but it also brings criticism about...
The winners were announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Two researchers who...
Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica...
Brain stem cells (artificially coloured) give rise to neurons in young individuals, but that ability fades with advancing age.Credit: Riccardo...
EnvironomicsDharshini David Elliott & Thompson (2024)Why should an orangutan care what toothpaste a person uses, asks economist Dharshini David, in...
A northern sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) scurries across the sand on its six legs, which it also uses as shovels...
Scientists and science-fiction writers have long asked whether a nuclear explosion could change the course of an asteroid headed for...
Mathematicians have described1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in...
Physicists have nailed a fiendishly difficult measurement — the mass of the fundamental particle the W boson. The result, from...
Air travel to attend academic conferences remains widespread although many meeting-goers have reservations about emissions.Credit: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg/Getty An overwhelming majority...
