A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

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Online stereotypes about younger women and older men could impact real-world hiring decisions.

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A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

Is it fair for grant reviewers — who are often our colleagues — to judge the legitimacy of career breaks due to personal ...

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human ...

To dig deeper, the researchers developed a method for measuring activation patterns in astrocytes across a whole brain of a ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many ...

Previous research investigating sex differences in brain ageing has shown mixed results, Ravndal adds. Several studies have ...