Early on the morning of June 1, 2022, Alex Karp, the CEO of the data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, crossed the border between Poland and Ukraine on foot, with five colleagues in tow. A pair of ...

I’m an avid surfer and a certified scuba diver, and spending so much time in the water means that I’m keenly aware of the impact that human activity is having on the ocean ecosystem. It sometimes ...

Antibodies are among the most important protein-detecting reagents in research, yet they can be surprisingly unreliable. It’s an issue close to Alejandra Solache’s heart. “The way many antibodies are ...

In 1961, when more and more people were buying television sets to go with their radios, the BBC wanted to work out the best times to air its programmes. So its audience-research department decided to ...

Gianluca Sarri receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Gamma ray bursts, intense explosions of light, are the brightest events ever observed in the universe – ...

Red bloods cells carry oxygen from our lungs to the rest of our bodies Scientists in the UK have for the first time ever given blood that has been grown in a laboratory to human volunteers. Tiny ...