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At small or minority-serving institutions, time and resources that are needed to draft successful grant proposals are often in short supply. But help is available.

From maps of the stars to the multiverse, four enlightening art shows reveal diverse impressions of the cosmos.

Samantha Harvey joins us to talk about her novel Orbital, shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize.

Donald Trump made numerous promises during his presidential campaign that could affect scientists and science policy. Will they be implemented once he is president?

A place to hide.

The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials.

Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.

The popularity of private planes, the distance covered by flights and associated greenhouse-gas production are all on the rise.

Some researchers seek to establish a single abnormal result on a set of biomarker-based tests as sufficient to diagnose the disease.

Norway offers up to 2 hours of paid time per day for breastfeeding. Why do other countries’ parental support policies lag so far behind?

Physicist Mark Thomson will face several challenges — including bringing in enough money to build a colossal new particle-smashing ‘Higgs factory’.

Scientists raise the alarm following updated research ethics guidelines on heritable human genome editing.

The sex and ancestry of five people who died in the eruption are revealed by genetic material embedded in the casts.

Deciphering how mammals respond to sensations through their fur could inspire further research on skin sensitivity.

A satellite made of wood has been sent to the International Space Station, where it’ll later be released into orbit. Plus, we learn that snapshots of atomic nuclei smashing together can show us what shape they were.

Elderly big brown bats showed little sign of age-related degradation in the inner ear.

Analysis of billions of pages of results from searches using the Bing algorithm suggests that reliable sites appear in search results 19 to 45 times more often than do sites with low-quality content.