Techniques such as inclusive teaching can inspire “hyperpersistence”. 

A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable.

Even as faculty members are given more time to meet a deadline for tenure, many say they are getting less work done because of child care needs.

New antigen tests will help tackle a dangerous inequality, says Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge

Two recent research efforts looked into the southern alligator lizard, which has one of nature's more extreme mating strategies.

The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.

Can biodiversity be preserved if the most important countries in the world causing climate change do not sign the pledge?

28 September marks the first celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information since its proclamation by the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, is of crucial importance.

One of the UK’s leading public health experts has warned that universities should be two-thirds empty in order to prevent massive spikes in coronavirus infections across campuses.

China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization. As a result, the Foundation’s application for observer status has been suspended and will be reconsidered at a future WIPO meeting.

Elon Musk made big promises at Tesla's highly anticipated event. But a prototype never appeared, and it was unclear what the company had actually achieved.

The Times spoke to two dozen experts who said decisions made now would spell the difference between a difficult future and something far worse.

Immunization has always been a proxy for wider fears about social control, a history reminds us.

If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?

Recent advances are bringing cancer vaccines much closer to reality, giving patients another weapon in their arsenal of cancer treatments, according to Dr Madiha Derouazi, CEO of Amal Therapeutics and one of three winners of the 2020 EU Prize for Women Innovators.

In the world of scientific research today, there’s a revolution going on – over the last decade or so, scientists across many disciplines have been seeking to improve the workings of science and its methods. To do this, scientists are largely following one of two paths: the movement for reproducibility and the movement for open science. Both movements aim to create centralized archives for data, computer code and other resources, but from there, the paths diverge.