Studies suggest benefits as well as harms from digital companion apps — but scientists worry about long-term dependency.

Bringing together proponents of rival theories to test their ideas against each other can advance science — but only if all ...

Team scoops US$60,000 prize for identifying a Greek work on vices from scans of a 2,000-year-old papyrus charred by volcanic ...

There’s no mystery to innovation and economic growth; the US must nurture its scientists or find out the hard way.

Most people need around eight hours of sleep each night to function, but a rare genetic condition allows some to thrive on as ...

Survey of thousands of young people shows that those with mental health conditions spend more time on social-networking sites ...

Icy ink. This tardigrade is sporting what is perhaps the world’s tiniest ‘tattoo’, shown as highlighted dots in this microscope image. Researchers used a technique called ice lithography ...

Treatment combines existing drug with antibodies from hyper-immune reptile collector, raising both hopes and ethical concerns ...

Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say ...