Out with the old, in with the new: Agile mentorship to support future scientists

Mentorship has existed throughout history. Socrates mentored Plato, who, in turn, mentored Aristotle. Humphry Davy, the…

How does 'MAD' accretion form around a black hole?

An international scientific team has revealed for the first time the magnetic field transport processes in…

Mutation rates in whales found to be much higher than previously reported

An international team of marine scientists, led by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and…

Biological clocks: How does the body know that time goes by?

In April of this year, Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini emerged into the light after a 500-day…

Trans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms—so do the other students and science itself, says researcher

Across the U.S., legislators are debating how and when sex and gender should be discussed in…

Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will increase with future missions—but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up

There’s a lot of trash on the moon right now—including nearly 100 bags of human waste—and…

India has landed on the moon: Here's what the political and economic gains are

From the early days of human space activity in the 1960s, missions to the moon have…

Researcher reveals the secret life of bumble bees

Bees that build microbreweries, ride a miniature merry-go-round and possibly even wear diapers: In biologist Tobin…

Cryogenic on-wafer prober determines quality of qubit devices for quantum computing and quantum sensing

Germany’s first cryogenic measuring setup for statistical quality measurement of qubit devices on whole 200- and…

'Culture of secrecy' thwarting data sharing in Africa

The absence of a culture for sharing scientific data in many African countries is costing the…