Science

A specialist in the nervous system, the researcher and author of ‘The Balanced Brain’ directs the Mental Health Laboratory at the University of Cambridge

In his book, the researcher uncovers the neurological keys behind why we become enamored with someone, who we are drawn to, and what happens when a romance ends

An international investigation confirms that beta-blockers, prescribed routinely for four decades, do not provide benefits to most patients recovering from a myocardial infarction

As the first Hispanic woman to travel to space and director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the former astronaut has broken barriers and paved the way in science and space exploration

A multibillion-dollar project reveals critical moments during pregnancy, and even after birth, when the risk of neurological development disorders like autism, schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder is highest

Organoids, which the professor is researching, are transforming drug experimentation

Modern geographic information systems have identified 186,000 miles of Roman roads and highways, combining all existing historical and archaeological sources

The scientist has published a new book that charts a journey across the disciplines seeking an elusive ‘coordinate to describe the world’

Scientists are calling for more research to understand the role of environmental factors such as exposure to chemicals in these anomalies

A scientific team has managed to stack 41 layers of semiconductors, multiplying the density of the circuits by six, without needing to make them any smaller

The experimental treatment, developed using cells at La Paz public hospital, achieves a preliminary survival rate of 70% in patients who had exhausted all other options

The aerospace engineer is the mission director for Ispace. ‘The idea is that by 2040 there will be about a thousand people living permanently on the Moon, and around 40,000 tourists a year’

US groups aim to represent their country at the UN climate summit even as the Trump Administration declines to send a delegation

A major European clinical research event in oncology gives a boost to antibody–drug conjugates, treatments that work like a Trojan horse, delivering chemotherapy to the interior of malignant cells

After publishing more than 100 articles in scientific journals, Álex Gómez Marín has shut down his animal lab and now works with hospitals to study human consciousness

As the Mexican government considers using this process again to increase dwindling oil reserves, the activist and scientist warns of the social and environmental consequences

The lynching, captured on video deep in the jungle, sheds light on the reality of the animals. Females exert power over males, who are larger and stronger, through a matriarchy woven with intense social bonds

After surviving the encounter with a nearly four-meter-long specimen, Mauricio Hoyos continues to fight against the stigma surrounding these animals

Ethology is increasingly documenting cases of animals that pass on knowledge to each other

The treatment, which is administered only once, has allowed a little girl named Eliana Nachem, confined to her home to avoid infections, to go out into the world

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating objects and food, climbing trees, and perhaps making tools

The project aims to rescue and care for these felines and return them to the wild, as well as to study their lineage and safeguard their DNA material

The psychedelic drug specialist at the University of Cambridge discusses the potential of these drugs to treat mental illness

The multinational company opens one of the most advanced computational research complexes in the world in the Basque city of San Sebastián

A study reveals the secrets behind the rodent’s remarkable ability to live 10 times longer than expected, without cancer or age-related degenerative diseases. When applied to fruit flies, researchers created ‘superflies’