A “climate of fear” has taken hold as US researchers face budget cuts, mass layoffs and free-speech restrictions. Are they... more

A DW investigative report, together with Der Spiegel, looks into troubling allegations of workplace misconduct at Germany's Max Planck Society.... more

The case of a French researcher denied US entry creates a jarring new crack between European scientists and their US... more

New research from Germany hints at what audiobooks of the future will sound like. Also, 'woolly mice' get blown out... more

An experiment off the coast of Corsica suggests fish can recognize specific people (sometimes). Also, put a dot in front... more

A new study has categorized the (wildly different) stuff that makes men and women get instantly and permanently disgusted by... more

Why are birth rates falling? And do they ever go back up? Also, a study on eggs — and an... more

With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement... and its president chanting "Drill, baby, drill!"... it is absolutely fair... more

Trump, pandemic, war... more Trump. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the news (or feeling burned out) — you may be... more

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X — across platforms, fact checkers are being fired and replaced with... well, promises that regular people... more