University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago Plant specimens and teaching materials that inspired Charles Darwin and qualified him to work as a naturalist on HMS Beagle have been unearthed from an archive in Cambridge and will be used...
Brian Cox says UK physics funding cuts are ‘destruction of the future’
Grant cuts of nearly 70% may force university departments to close and ‘annihilate’ research, scientists say British physicists have shaped our understanding of nature and the universe for more than a century, uncovering the building blocks of matter and furthering our knowledge on cosmic puzzles from the big bang to...
Sperm get lost in space, Australian research into microgravity impacts suggests
Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an egg Sperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found. When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm...
Sweeping Idaho bill would criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses
Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses
Conflict in eastern Congo escalating with use of heavy weapons and drones, UN warns
The United Nations’ acting top envoy for Congo has warned the U.N. Security Council that the conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo is escalating and expanding
Older and younger conservatives at CPAC are split over Trump’s war in Iran
A sharp generational split over the Iran war is opening up at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference
César Chavez Day events renamed, postponed or canceled after sexual abuse allegations
Allegations that César Chavez sexually abused women and girls are reshaping how many communities honor him
Woman whose son died from drugs bought on social media celebrates verdicts against Meta, YouTube
A Colorado woman whose son died from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought through social media is celebrating a pair of verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube
Elderly man shoved onto subway tracks dies, prompting murder charge for alleged assailant
An elderly man shoved onto the subway tracks in Manhattan last weekend has died from his injuries and his alleged assailant is now facing a murder charge
US appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond
An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond