As new research demonstrates how an artificially mutated a strain of avian influenza can spread in at unprecedented rates in ferrets — and possibly humans — scientists and public officials are debating whether the...

The team of European scientists who reported evidence of neutrinos moving faster than light in September have tentatively confirmed the result in another experiment. The tests began after members of the team expressed trepidation...

What will the wars of the future look like? That’s the question posed by a recent issue of the journal Synesis, centred on the theme of “Neurotechnology in National Security.” The issue assembles seven...

A South African husband and wife team have won the first-ever Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for their work on a microbicide gel that significantly reduces the risk of contracting HIV and genital herpes. Quarraisha and...

This past September, a Dutch psychologist was suspended from his post after evidence surfaced that he had committed academic fraud on an extensive scale. Diederik Stapel, a leading professor of social psychology in the...

A NASA mission flying over Antarctica discovered a new rift in the ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier. The glacier could soon calve a large iceberg, the first such event since 2007. Across the...

A European court recently ruled that processes involving the use or prior destruction of human embryos are unpatentable. The decision came after a 2004 Greenpeace challenge to a patent held by Oliver Brüstle, a...