In honor of Women’s History Month and the enduring impact of women in science, The Scientist invited readers to share the names of the female researchers who have inspired them most. From pioneering ...

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The skull of the Australopithecus nicknamed 'Little Foot'. (Wits University/CC BY SA 4.0) Scientists have reconstructed the ...

The trio’s research in the 1980s demonstrated a bizarre quantum phenomenon in a way people could see and hold Portraits of the honorees, who have made “transformative contributions to the United ...