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For the first time, astronomers have identified a planet outside the Solar System using ‘microlensing’ data from a telescope in space.

Funds for a major genomics programme in Africa will run dry this year. A chance to address global inequity in health-related genomics by building on the success of this initiative must not be missed.

For young immigrant women like me, the pressures of early career research are even greater than for most. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Floods followed by droughts, or droughts followed by floods, will rise in frequency in a warming world.

Ichthyologist Lucia Rapp Py-Daniel preserves and catalogues the fish of Amazonian waters as their numbers fall because of industrial development.

The discovery of bacterial compounds that have antifungal properties opens up opportunities for the development of agents that protect crops from a devastating disease.

A slew of remarkable trials have raised the profile of a class of weight loss drugs, but there are concerns about cost and weight stigma.

How funders can remove the systemic barriers faced by mothers in academia. Plus, voles’ relationships don’t need the ‘love hormone’ and all about the three vaccines poised to fight respiratory syncytial virus.

A sustained catch-up effort is needed to help students to recover lost skills and knowledge.

SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, is deploying machine-learning algorithms that filter out Earthly interference and spot signals humans might miss.

Mathematicians leading decolonization efforts say that building knowledge-sharing partnerships with communities is key.

The unlikely discovery of a life-changing leukaemia drug uncovers harsh realities of profit and loss.

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Remnants of ancient bison and other large mammals might have been kept as hunting trophies.

Pfizer, GSK and Moderna are ahead in the race to produce vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus — what will be their impact?