Early patterns of cases, the virus’ own genome, and new details about animal markets in Wuhan all point to natural origin

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

The pandemic is giving scientists a unique view of viral evolution in action

Science investigation reveals concerning details of Vitamin D supplement trial that a whistleblower scientist calls “stunning and callous”

The pandemic has given new urgency to Joseph Allen's quest to improve the air we breathe inside buildings

Research on DNA, animals, and people could lead to rethinking medical care

To fight inequities in medicine, researchers are reexamining the algorithms that help physicians make decisions

Nearby supernovae blasts revealed in atomic traces preserved in seafloor minerals

Anthropologists face a reckoning over remains of enslaved people in museums

Conservators seek ways to stop cultural artifacts from oozing and crumbling to dust

Scientists are tweaking microbial enzymes that break down polymers

River researcher Jack Schmidt brings an independent voice to high stakes battle over water

Alumni from a Howard University program are now leaders at federal science agencies. Can academia follow its lead?

Matt Kirwan’s work has provided some hope amid dire forecasts of coastal wetland loss

Studies of interoception challenge distinctions between disorders of the brain and body—and may hold clues to the basis of consciousness

Advance could precisely link telescopes, yield hypersecure banking and elections, and make quantum computing possible from anywhere

A variety of short- and long-term plans could help end the pandemic—and prevent the next one

Researchers urgently seek better ways to reuse spent cells

Unexpected vaccine hesitancy and other obstacles have frustrated India’s massive immunization challenge

The Serum Institute of India has an outsize—and troubled—role in providing COVID-19 vaccines at home and abroad