An algebra pioneer who faced discrimination deserves wider recognition on the centenary of her namesake theorem.

This really gives a new meaning to the "paper of record."

Just like judges and politicians, researchers may overstate their confidence in a claim. To truly assess their confidence, something needs to be on the line.

Where would we be without our glassware? Tabitha Watson looks through the history and current state of chemistry's favourite amorphous solid.

The Amani Hill Research Station in Tanzania was once one of East Africa’s leading laboratories – now it is a shadow of its past glory.

In 1968, a defect in DNA repair was found to underlie a disorder that makes people extremely sensitive to sunlight. This finding continues to influence research into the origins, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

A unique WWII-era programme in the US, allowed US publishers to reprint exact copies of German-owned science books, to explore how copyrights affect follow-on science. This artificial removal of copyright barriers led to a 25% decline in prices and a 67% increase in citations.

John Tyndall, a male physicist, is usually cited as the scientists who proved the effect driving global climate change. But the honor should partly go to Eunice Foote.

The Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II, worked out of three purpose-built cities in Tennessee, New Mexico, and Washington state. A new exhibition considers their design and legacy.

Discover enlightening reports about some of the most famous scientific papers, or read famous scientists considering the work of their peers.

Amid the sea of male faces -- 37 of them -- was a lone woman, her face partially obscured. She was listed as "not identified."

As late as 1999 there were only four blacks teaching mathematics among the more than 900 faculty members of the mathematics departments of the nation’s 25 highest-ranked universities.

Thirty years ago, MSU researcher Richard Lenski added his now-famous bacteria to 12 inaugural flasks, a process he and his team of lab technicians and students have been repeating daily ever since.

In 1967, Norwegian women were finally allowed to decide for themselves when to get pregnant. The contraceptive pill has had enormous significance for women’s emancipation, but researchers doubt whether it would have been approved today.

She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science.

Thomas Bayes had the right idea: Even scientific laws can benefit from an update.