Centipedes originated in the ancient supercontinent Gondwana and evolved in southern India before crawling their way into ...

A type of binary-system known as a microquasar has been found to be firing out γ-rays at high energy-levels, which may make ...

Scientists have designed a new form of insulin that can automatically switch itself on and off depending on glucose levels in ...

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Claims about food and immunity are everywhere. Now scientists are exploring exactly how nutrition acts on the immune system ...

The impacts of armed conflict on biodiversity have long been neglected. A United Nations meeting hosted by Colombia is a ...

The draft text due to be discussed at the COP16 biodiversity meeting contains some 200 points that are still to be finalized.

Maintaining connectivity is essential to keeping schools and universities working and humanitarian aid flowing.

The United Nations has just listed more things the world needs to accomplish. It should be asking why it hasn’t reached its ...

Emerging protein-design competitions aim to sift out the functional from the fantastical. But researchers hope that the real ...

A crop of referee reports from the Royal Society’s archive reveal discussions about cutting printing costs, reviewer holidays ...