Flourishing — a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good — should be the goal of people and nations everywhere1,2. As well as encompassing personal experiences of happiness, health, meaning, pro-sociality, relationships and financial security, flourishing...
Sethuraman Panchanathan resigned Thursday as director of the US National Science Foundation.Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa US/AlamyFresh turmoil has hit the US...
How US lawmakers cite scientific papers differs either side of the aisle.Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via GettyThe United States is known...
The satellite, Aryabhata, provided a huge boost to India’s space programme.Credit: NASA/AlamyIn the early hours of 19 April 1975, the...
Researchers used lasers to stimulate individual cone cells in the retina — leading to the perception of a completely new...
The UK palaeontologist Richard Fortey — who spent his career at the Natural History Museum in London — was an...
Lawsuits against the US National Institutes of Health might end up at the Supreme Court.Credit: Tierney L Cross/AFP/GettyThreats to US...
Researchers have found that sharing experiences of mental-health struggles reduces stigma.Credit: Tempura/GettyIn 2019, at a conference in Germany, Wendy Ingram...
The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit:...
The inner structures of the brain are difficult to investigate without surgery.Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo LibraryNeuroscientists have observed for...
