Stunning trial shows twice-yearly shots can prevent HIV infection
Just two injections a year of an antiviral drug entirely prevented HIV infection among more than 2,000 women and girls
US postdoc support from NIH could be capped at five years — sparking criticism
Scientists advising the National Institutes of Health suggested a five-year time limit for postdoctoral support and a rise in funding
The future of Mars Colony Two
Tyrone felt uneasy questioning Professor Flowers. Decades ago, as a student, he had worked in her space-studies group, and the
The pathogens that could spark the next pandemic
The monkeypox virus has been added to the WHO’s list of priority pathogens.Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty The number of
The world’s most expensive dinosaur and more — July’s best science images
Pricey dino. The largest, most complete stegosaurus ever found sold for a record US$44.6 million at auction. The giant, 150-million-year-old
biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination
Credit: National Institutes of Health The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made discoveries about the role of enzymes in assembling
Black holes made from light? Impossible, say physicists
It is impossible to create a black hole with light alone, calculations show1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other
How neurons make a memory
Neurons with less-compressed DNA are more likely to be recruited into the set of cells, known as an engram, that
How a space physicist is shaking up China’s research funding
Before helming the NSFC, Dou Xiankang was the president of Wuhan University.Credit: Getty Images Space physicist Dou Xiankang took the
‘Publish or Perish’ is now a card game — not just an academic’s life
A prototype of a card game designed to allow frustrated academics to blow off steam.Credit: Max Bai/Publish or Perish Fabricating