Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.

Among the vaquitas spotted this September were an individual called Frida and her calf. The calf appeared to be about a year ...

A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain ...

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

Rosie Millard, the former arts correspondent of the BBC, is a theatre critic and arts editor. She is also chair of Firstsite ...

Lily Whear is a communications and strategy consultant who works with Lost Women of Science as our Director of Marketing.

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an ...

Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say New findings increase the ...

A small study helps explain why some people taking Wegovy and similar weight-loss drugs cut back on alcohol, offering insight ...

Analysis suggests that the most luminous burst of light ever detected from a black hole — a fireworks show that was, at its peak, more than 10 trillion times brighter than the Sun — flared up as the ...

Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief ...