On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.

For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants.

World Health Organization committee says it's too soon to allow heritable gene editing, but points to paths forward for other applications.

The investments are promising but won't fix the primate shortage, experts say.

A century of science has pushed the boundaries of human reproduction even beyond writers' imaginations.

This year will be crucial for the future development of the European Research Area (ERA), but one of its fundamental principles is being neglected: academic freedom. Academic freedom is under threat and Europe needs to act.

Researchers in Mali have been working for decades on the treatment that's now in the final phase of clinical trials.

The proposals, expected Wednesday, are likely to be more ambitious and specific than other countries' efforts to fight climate change and may include a border tax on imports deemed to be polluting.

Einstein Telescope secures spot on road map for scientific infrastructure

Lewontin was a groundbreaking geneticist, best known for bringing molecular tools into evolutionary biology and for his advocacy against the use of science to rationalize structural inequity.

Evolutionary ecologist Germán Orizaola Pereda analyses how species have been affected, 35 years after the world's worst nuclear accident.

Researchers behind estimate say more needs to be done to raise public awareness of link

Everything became imbued with a sense of vitality and life and vividness. If I picked up a pebble from the beach, it would move. 

A language barrier can be a challenge, but there are better ways to spend your resources, says Zhanna Anikina.

There's a new epidemic, this time among birds. An illness is infecting them in the US capital ― and it's spreading. Experts say the cause is unknown.

The pandemic was a big social experiment that sent asthma attacks plummeting.

Early research shows that 15 to 80 percent of people with certain medical conditions, such as specific blood cancers or organ transplants, are generating few antibodies after receiving coronavirus vaccines.

Vaccines are still beating the variants, but the unvaccinated world is being pummeled.

Doctors say children haven't been exposed to range of bugs due to lockdowns, distancing and sanitiser and their immune systems are suffering.

Research combines data from fossils with climate models, revealing the effect of climate on body and brain size.

Scientists hope Maria Leptin will bring stability to the European Research Council after predecessor Mauro Ferarri's controversial tenure.

Supporting information access in low- and middle-income countries: the latest analysis of the Research4Life user experience.

Switzerland is mounting a campaign to convince Brussels its participation in Horizon Europe should not be confounded by broader political tensions, but member states say it may time take to patch things up after Switzerland unilaterally withdrew from talks about its overall relationship with the EU.

But for maximal benefit, more of these academic administrators need to get involved in the scholarly aspect of research.

Six scientists explain how COVID-19 has affected their fieldwork and research, as well as opportunities for junior researchers.

Researchers have developed a tool to assess wildlife markets for risks of zoonotic outbreaks. It can help governments decide on courses of action, with strict veterinary requirements potentially more effective than bans.

The drive for more women and greater diversity in the space sector will lead to new ideas and innovations, from spacesuits to toilets and beyond.

A marine biologist at the University of British Columbia estimates that last week's record-breaking heat wave in B.C. may have killed more than one billion intertidal animals living along the Salish Sea coastline.

"It was insane": Placer County floodplain restored by beavers in just three years

The British Academy, jointly with the University Council of Modern Languages, will next week convene a new Strategic Committee for Languages in Higher Education.