A J&J vaccine only offered hints of protection in women in five sub-Saharan Africa countries

Study could aid hunt for Earth-like worlds

Israelis who had an infection were more protected against the Delta coronavirus variant than those who had an already highly effective COVID-19 vaccine

Ambitious recycling scheme would make giant accelerator-driven machines work more like ordinary lasers

Researchers have urged regulators to take new approach to nonstick compounds

Agencies agree China didn’t know about virus until outbreak, but give different weight to “lab leak” versus natural spillover

As United States reveals its plan to offer an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccine, equity and scientific questions abound

Israelis who had an infection were more protected against the Delta coronavirus variant than those who had an already highly effective COVID-19 vaccine

While some scientists challenge a room-temperature superconductor that debuted last year, others are trying to make successors that work at ambient pressure

Students at the universities of New Mexico, California, and Vermont are among those currently organizing

Two shots offer 81% protection from hospitalization and prevent lung injury, data from St. Petersburg suggest

While some scientists challenge a room-temperature superconductor that debuted last year, others are trying to make successors that work at ambient pressure

On this week’s show: New insights into the genetics of endometriosis, using machine learning to predict RNA folding, our latest race and science book interview

Advance offers potential nonhormonal way to treat mysterious, complex disease

Remains from Herculaneum hold dietary surprises

The World Health Organization’s Maria Van Kerkhove on the hunt for COVID-19 origins and what’s next

Unpublished data suggest second shot could help fight COVID-19

Bears in Sweden encountered the drugs hundreds of kilometers from civilization

Scientists can only speculate as to why the animals evolved such bright cocoons

New study of snow, ice, and rain aims to improve Colorado River flow forecasts

Dan Ariely denies fabricating data, but can’t produce records to clear his name

After probe by an outside law firm, Sabatini also resigns from Whitehead Institute and MIT says it's reviewing his faculty position there.

David Sabatini’s ouster follows probe by an outside law firm

Science sifts through the latest, sometimes murky data on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the coronavirus variant

Scholars overseas are trying to help colleagues wanting to flee their country after Taliban takeover