From the rediscovery of the “Lost Golden City” in Egypt to North America’s oldest footprints, 2021 reshaped our understanding ...

The Nobel Prize might be the most famous science prize but it celebrates just a narrow slice of science and very few scientists.

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Physicists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery in the realm of quantum materials with the identification of a ...

The conservationist was renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy.

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For decades geologists thought the slow rise of South Africa’s southern coast was driven by forces deep below—buoyant plumes of molten rock ascending through Earth’s mantle and heaving the crust ...

On June 28, 2012, the most significant scientific breakthrough of the first quarter of the 21st century was announced to the ...

A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin ...

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