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Models show that four closely spaced eruptions would have interfered with Nile River patterns that aided farmers.

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Benefit-sharing is the best way out of the Nile-dam deadlock between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, study finds.

But researchers say much more is needed to achieve the country’s climate goals.

Conversational AI is a game-changer for science. Here’s how to respond.

Biologist who revolutionized the chromatin and gene-expression field.

Some bacteria appear to encase their genomes in proteins called histones — which weren’t thought to exist in bacterial cells.

Structures resembling small human brains can form neural connections if transplanted into a rat brain.

The country is known for its love of meat. Could the growing insect industry help to reduce agricultural carbon emissions?

The 'amorphous' solid is denser and could be water ‘frozen in time’.

Pots from a 2,500-year-old embalming workshop reveal mummification ingredients. Plus, what it will take to put a solar power station in space and how to write a popular science bestseller.

Vaccination, infection with SARS-CoV-2 and a combination of both provide varying degrees of protection.

Low take-home pay, muddy career paths and poor job prospects contribute to the woes.

The Arctic fox, which weighs less than many house cats, covers long distances in the frigid north.

Exploring the next generation of vaccines aiming to keep on top of the pandemic

Analysis of substances uncovered in embalming workshop gives insight into the mummification process, and how CAR T therapies could turbocharge cancer treatments.

The drug apremilast reduces alcohol intake in mice bred to imbibe to excess and in humans with alcohol-use disorder.

A recently discovered high-mass X-ray binary has an evolutionary history showing the neutron star component formed during an ultra-stripped supernova, and has orbital elements that should allow for forming a binary neutron star in the future.