Why does water wiggle when moving down a windowpane, rather than go in a straight line? Plus, when did hominids start to ...

A French space researcher was denied entry into the United States on 9 March after immigration officials at a Texas airport searched his phone and found messages criticising Donald Trump’s ...

The scientific community's response to the reported Trump administration "word ban" has been swift and fierce. SEE ALSO: 7 words the CDC is reportedly banned from using include 'transgender' and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

As political pressures and funding cuts drive some researchers out of the United States, the Netherlands is moving to position itself as a refuge for top scientific talent. Education Minister Eppo ...

A French scientist was refused entry to the U.S. after airport immigration officers found messages on his phone criticizing the Trump administration, the French government said. “I learned with ...

PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - A French scientist has been denied entry into the United States, apparently because the scientist had expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...

Leanne Cowie, powerhouse drummer in Aussie punk legends The Scientists during the ’80s, has died. No cause of death has been announced; she was in her 60s. Kim Salmon, frontman of The Scientists ...

When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists have puzzled over spaghetti's counterintuitive properties. You might think ...

Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising hundreds of millions of people living downstream, UN climate experts said ...

Jon Whittle works at CSIRO which receives R&D funding from a wide range of government and industry clients. Stefan Harrer works at CSIRO which receives R&D funding from a wide range of government ...