Dozens of researchers tell Nature they have received death threats, or threats of physical or sexual violence.

Erica Gillis describes the strong connections with residents that helped her colleagues keep working when they couldn't travel.

Data from across the country suggests that coronavirus vaccine mandates are unlikely to result in a wave of resignations but are likely to lead to a boost in vaccination rates.

We inherit genes from our parents like it's a lottery - a game of luck. And we're still learning about genetics, and how to use the science for society.

The UK archaeology programme, which is being revived on YouTube, represents an ideal to which other disciplines can aspire.

By synthesizing norethindrone, one of the first active ingredients in birth control pills, Luis Miramontes helped usher in the sexual revolution.

A new Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' shows that 9 in 10 EU citizens (86%) think that the overall influence of science and technology is positive.

New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds

Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behaviour.

For 20 years, science has blossomed in Afghanistan. Now many researchers are fleeing and those who remain face lost funding and the threat of persecution.

As temperatures rise, violence and aggression go up while focus and productivity decline. The well off can escape to cool spaces; the poor cannot.

If SUV drivers were a nation, they would rank seventh in the world for carbon emissions.

The most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor - and helps frame a larger debate over the role of government.

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain far below last winter's peak, but the director urged people to get fully vaccinated.

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

WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel Facebook's (FB.O) messaging app to break privacy protections, sources said.

Black people in the US are subject to double the level of heat stress in cities than whites.