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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?

The World Health Organization’s disease reports reflect public-health priorities and surveillance capabilities.

As they travel across space, the ephemeral waves pick up information about galaxies and the large-scale structure of the Universe.

Some say the US Food and Drug Administration’s suggestion of updating COVID-19 vaccines each year, as happens with influenza jabs, could boost uptake.

The US National Institutes of Health needs to include more people with disabilities in its workforce and research, report says.

As a leader, you cannot hide, says Hagen Zimer of his managing-director role in industry. You need to be authentic, empathetic and a great listener.

Prairie voles lacking oxytocin receptors bonded with mates and cared for pups.

Biosecurity panel met, expecting to approve recommendations, but myriad concerns complicated the proceedings.

Mothers in academic research and those who support them say in a report that the funding system can and should remedy gender bias in the sciences.

Model predicts the patterns on curved, tubular structures that shrink or grow.

Nanoparticles bristling with copper atoms convert carbon dioxide into an alcohol that can be used in fuel cells.

Around the world countries are battling the unassuming brown seaweed taking over their beaches.

Laboratory studies show that antidepressants ramp up bacteria’s defence mechanisms. Plus, liquid-metal robots can melt and re-form and debate rages over disruptive science.

Fireworks display from rare dying star is unlike anything astronomers have seen.

Experiments on ultracold atoms reveal that disorder doesn’t stop a quantum system of interacting particles from reaching thermal equilibrium. Instead, small thermalized regions ripple like an avalanche through the whole system.

The 2021/22 academic year saw a 53% fall in the number of first-year EU students enrolling at British universities.

Experiments show the role that serine may play in a common diabetes complication.