South Africa’s scientists want the next government to halt declining funding and urge universities to do more to protect ...

Il faut ouvrir la voie à un avenir plus sain et plus équitable pour tous les Africains, y compris quelqu’un comme Tafadzwa ...

People treated with gene therapy cannot receive a second dose for fear of a dangerous immune response. Researchers hope to ...

Largest study of its kind also finds increased risk in older adults with a range of intellectual disabilities.

As countries aim to meet international commitments, such as the Sustainable Development Goals and World Health Organization ...

Over 30 years, the scholarship programme Hrabowski founded has supported more than 1,500 Black students. He spoke to Nature ...

For a generation of scientists raised watching Star Wars, there’s a disappointing lack of C-3PO-like droids wandering around our cities and homes. Where are the humanoid robots fuelled with common ...

Inbreeding depression is the reduced survival and fertility of offspring of related individuals. Large effects are documented in wild animal and plant populations, as well as in humans ...

The karst limestone mountains of Sulawesi’s Maros–Pangkep region contain hundreds of prehistoric caves, many of which contain ...

The genetic information stored in DNA is a living archive of instructions that cells use to accomplish the functions of life. Inside each cell, catalysts seek out the appropriate information from ...

Parasitology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the biology of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the distribution, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology ...

Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney failure and death for people with diabetes.