Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

A University of Wyoming faculty member wants to help college students become better writers of science by giving academics ...

January is a good time to take stock of our lives – but where to start? David Robson finds some answers in the latest ...

"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

Stanford scientists have solved a long-standing challenge in growing brain organoids by using a simple food additive to keep them from sticking together. The breakthrough enables the production of ...

Psychological scientists and racial equity advocates both emphasize that racism isn’t only about what’s in someone’s heart — it’s about systems, outcomes, and patterns we can measure. One clear ...

Hurricane Erin weakened into a Category 2 storm over Monday evening, the latest shift in what has been a remarkably fast-changing storm. The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the ...

Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ...

A growing recognition of the excesses of the cultural left has created an opening in contemporary intellectual life. This moment requires a new research agenda, a post-progressive movement in the ...

AI isn’t just writing poems or suggesting meal plans anymore — it’s bringing new possibilities for science and what we know about the world. Scientists can now decode electrons, create new materials ...

What’s the first thing you do after waking up each morning, before you’ve even gotten out of bed? For many people, it’s checking the weather. For most, this is a thoughtless chore, an unexciting daily ...

In March 2025, US President Donald Trump penned a public letter to Michael Kratsios, his incoming director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, outlining a vision to “usher in ...