Local common names, misspellings and “deformed” scientific diagrams only added to the confusion, the study said. Hoping to finally settle the 165-year-long debate, researchers collected dozens ...

to dining on earthy porcini (see ‘Mushrooms and their scientific names’) in northern Italy. There is a good deal of mycology here, too, with welcome caution on the subjects of mycorrhizal ...

SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING has long been a money-printing operation, with many big publishing houses reporting profit margins of between 30% and 40% year after year. The long-standing business model is ...

In just a few years, the city has replaced vast swathes of farmland with sprawling technology parks and scientific facilities, and much of its high-tech industry has moved away from sourcing ...

Around the world, women and girls still face disproportionate discrimination, poverty and violence, as well as a lack of access to education, health care and property ownership, among other ...

Curiosity didn’t get a lot of scientific attention until now, because it is difficult to define. Are all urges to know driven by curiosity? In a review published earlier this year, Jamie J.