A new facility located in a congested community with high tuberculosis rates brings basic science and cutting edge techniques into the heart of disease circulation.

From canceled conferences to delayed publications, fallout of the shutdown spread beyond US borders, prompting concerns about long-term damage to international collaboration.

The 51-year-old University of Cape Town researcher had been suffering from depression, and his death has prompted reflection on being a black academic in South Africa.

Although more evidence is needed to pin down a cause, researchers suspect that climate change is to blame.

As Cape Town nears drying up, researchers there have come up with simple ways to dramatically cut back on water use.  

From DNA evidence, researchers estimate the split from other species took place between 260,000 and 350,000 years ago.

Ancestral Homo sapiens’ jewelry changed with the times.