The US$4.3-billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off atop a SpaceX rocket at 7:35 a.m. local time today from ...

Legendary country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80 after “a brief battle with cancer”, her representatives ...

Nature talks to specialists about the changes coming to Facebook and Instagram, and whether there’s evidence they will help.

A positive trial holds promise for treating people with cancer. More research is needed to get effective vaccines to the ...

Global warming is making high-altitude regions unstable, and could trigger more frequent landslides and floods.

Humanoid robots broke records at sporting events such as sprints, but struggled at practical tasks such as hammering nails.

The long-standing ‘gallium anomaly’ concerning neutrinos could have been a misunderstanding all along.

Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.

Geochemical clues hint that worm-like creatures in the Ediacaran period benefited from symbiosis with bacteria.

The plan to force some scientists to register with a professional body could protect people and the environment, but the ...

Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.

Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision ...