Proof of significant amounts of H2O has implications for future lunar missions.

Exclusive: expedition discovers new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered.

Sector calls for compromise to ensure UK researchers stay in Horizon Europe.

Cambridge University study also suggests older people less likely to believe coronavirus misinformation.

Bar-tailed godwit flies more than 12,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in 11 days.

Study instead suggests people are initially attracted to those with similar features to themselves.

Scientists identify a species that appears to absorb potentially lethal UV radiation and emit blue light.

Beijing joins initiative against 'vaccine nationalism' in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance.

As coronavirus wreaks havoc on existing structures, we take a look at some visions for cities of the future - and how they hold up

Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global study shows.

New antigen tests will help tackle a dangerous inequality, says Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge

Can biodiversity be preserved if the most important countries in the world causing climate change do not sign the pledge?

One of the UK’s leading public health experts has warned that universities should be two-thirds empty in order to prevent massive spikes in coronavirus infections across campuses.

New policy comes after serious quality control questions were raised about the data relied on by a study in the medical journal

The government and vice-chancellors have a duty of care, yet in too many colleges, Covid security is mere hygiene theatre.

Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators.

Food safety officials deny claims that diseased or contaminated meat is being eaten by consumers.

From the Strait of Gibraltar to Galicia, orcas have harassing yachts, damaging vessel and injuring crew.

Expert behind vaccine confidence report points to halting of Oxford Covid trial as example.

The UK government wants more students to study science subjects - but employers want humanities graduates too.

The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest of evidence, we often end up ignoring the facts we don't like.

New guidelines aimed at ensuring AI research is of same quality as that in other fields.

We asked GPT-3, OpenAI's powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace.

Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.

After 25 years I feel Britain has broken my trust. I'm one of many academics who now see their future in Europe