This biography of the 1962 Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals a mighty intellect who loved the arts as much as science.

From DNA to nuclear physics, women made landmark discoveries only to be written out of history. This feature explores the ...

Hatton Gardens raider Michael Seed was accidentally released from jail, spending six months at large before the mistake was realised - and he was only recalled to prison this month.

A major discovery by Australian scientists that will lead to a new treatment for auto-immune diseases such as lupus or psoriasis has been described by global experts as a “tour de force”.

In May 1952, Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling captured Photo 51, a crucial X-ray diffraction image revealing DNA's helical structure. Franklin's meticulous analysis provided precise measurements ...

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...

While President Donald Trump might have the medal in hand, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado cannot be redistributed to him, the Nobel Foundation ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story included an incorrect year for the end of WWI. The correct year is 1918. However, that does not mean a United States president has ...

The Nobel Foundation, the group responsible for administrating the various Nobel prizes, on Sunday issued a clarification around the rules for handing out the prizes after Venezuela's opposition ...

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