After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

March 14, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...

An 11-year-old fossil hunter helped scientists discover remains of a giant marine reptile that lived about 202 million years ago and may have been the largest sea reptile ever.

Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Awards held an award ceremony in Taipei yesterday, highlighting achievements by the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...

Hidden in volcanic lakes and deep-sea vents, scientists have discovered tough new DNA-binding proteins built to survive extreme conditions. After scanning huge genetic databases, researchers found ...

Despite India's rich intellectual tradition and early Nobel laureates like Tagore and Raman, the country has experienced long gaps in recognition. Factors like brain drain, limited funding, and an ...

Schnable on winning the 2026 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences for pioneering genetics research that has improved the productivity of corn, sorghum and other crops.

Men have nipples, mammary glands and the hormones required, but the ability for male lactation rarely turns on. Here’s why evolution mostly suppresses it.

Researchers have directly observed organic hydrotrioxides forming in Earth’s atmosphere, confirming the existence of a class of potent oxidizing molecules that scientists had predicted for decades but ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is shining a light on a new member of a famous feathered family—that of the world’s oldest ...